cobble
翻譯
粗製濫造, 修補, 鋪鵝卵石
例句
He cobbled together a meal from the leftovers.
他用剩菜草草地做了一頓飯。
The old street was cobbled with smooth stones.
那條老街是用光滑的石頭鋪成的。
A cobbler is a person who cobbles shoes.
鞋匠是修鞋的人。
文法模式
((sth.)) ((together)) 粗製濫造(某物) He cobbled together a report.
((be)) ((cobbled with sth.)) 用(某物)鋪成 The square was cobbled with granite setts.
近義詞
同義詞: improvise, throw together, patch up
詞源
源自「cobblestone」(鵝卵石),用於鋪路的圓形石頭。「匆忙拼湊」的含義來自於將石頭扔在一起的想法。
記憶技巧
想像一下只用一根玉米「棒(cob)」就「拼湊(cobble)」出一頓飯。這是一頓臨時湊合的飯。