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单词 rube goldberg
释义 rube gold·berg
\rübˈgōl(d)ˌbərg, -bə̄g, -bəig\ adjective
also rube gold·berg·ian \-gēən\
Usage: usually capitalized R&G
Etymology: Rube Goldberg (Reuben L. Goldberg) b1883 American cartoonist known for comic drawings of ridiculously complicated mechanical contrivances
: accomplishing by extremely complex roundabout means what actually or seemingly could be done simply
 < crowded with a Rube Goldberg phantasmagoria of furnaces, grinders, tanks, mixers and countless unrecognizable contraptions — Webb Waldron >
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