cobble
翻译
粗制滥造, 修补, 铺鹅卵石
例句
He cobbled together a meal from the leftovers.
他用剩菜草草地做了一顿饭。
The old street was cobbled with smooth stones.
那条老街是用光滑的石头铺成的。
A cobbler is a person who cobbles shoes.
鞋匠是修鞋的人。
语法模式
((sth.)) ((together)) 粗制滥造(某物) He cobbled together a report.
((be)) ((cobbled with sth.)) 用(某物)铺成 The square was cobbled with granite setts.
近义词
同义词: improvise, throw together, patch up
词源
源自“cobblestone”(鹅卵石),用于铺路的圆形石头。“匆忙拼凑”的含义来自于将石头扔在一起的想法。
记忆技巧
想象一下只用一根玉米“棒(cob)”就“拼凑(cobble)”出一顿饭。这是一顿临时凑合的饭。