| 单词 | makeshift |
| 释义 | makeshift (once / 3047 pages) adjn If you have to use a garbage can lid as a sled or a set of drapes as a ball gown, then you know what it means to put together a makeshift creation. Something makeshift has been improvised, thrown together with whatever is around. What's interesting about makeshift is the way it can vary in meaning from approval to criticism. Those people trapped in the island in Lost? They came up with some pretty cool makeshift tents and survival ideas. But a government described as makeshift, for example, probably has little going for it. WORD FAMILYmakeshift: makeshifts USAGE EXAMPLESThe float will be festooned with thousands of flowers beneath a giant gold crown, which will serve as a makeshift altar for the ceremony. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) A makeshift memorial was installed inside the Sochi airport, and people brought candles and flowers. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Outside, a soldier in a Santa hat did pull-ups at a makeshift gym. Reuters(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj done or made using whatever is available the rock served as a makeshift hammer Syn improvised, jury-rigged impermanent, temporary not permanent; not lasting 2n something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency Syn|Hyper make-do, stopgap expedient a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one |
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