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单词 botch
释义

botch

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈbäch How to pronounce botch (audio)
: an inflammatory sore

botch

2 of 3

verb

botched; botching; botches

transitive verb

1
: to foul up hopelessly
often used with up
2
: to put together in a makeshift way
botcher noun

botch

3 of 3

noun (2)

1
: something that is botched : mess
2
: patchwork, hodgepodge
botchy
ˈbä-chē How to pronounce botch (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

Verb

  • blow
  • bobble
  • boggle
  • bollix (up)
  • boot
  • bugger (up)
  • bumble
  • bungle
  • butcher
  • dub
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foozle
  • foul up
  • fumble
  • goof (up)
  • louse up
  • mangle
  • mess (up)
  • muck up
  • muff
  • murder
  • screw up

Noun (2)

  • agglomerate
  • agglomeration
  • alphabet soup
  • assortment
  • clutter
  • collage
  • crazy quilt
  • farrago
  • gallimaufry
  • grab bag
  • gumbo
  • hash
  • hodgepodge
  • hotchpotch
  • jambalaya
  • jumble
  • jungle
  • litter
  • macédoine
  • medley
  • mélange
  • menagerie
  • miscellanea
  • miscellany
  • mishmash
  • mixed bag
  • montage
  • motley
  • muddle
  • olio
  • olla podrida
  • omnium-gatherum
  • pastiche
  • patchwork
  • patchwork quilt
  • potpourri
  • ragbag
  • ragout
  • rummage
  • salad
  • salmagundi
  • scramble
  • shuffle
  • smorgasbord
  • stew
  • tumble
  • variety
  • welter
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Example Sentences

Verb The store botched the order—I received only half the books I paid for. They clearly botched the investigation.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English boche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss

Verb

Middle English bocchen

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

botch 1 of 2

verb

ˈbäch How to pronounce botch (audio)
botched; botching
: to do clumsily and unskillfully : bungle
botch a job

botch

2 of 2

noun

: a badly done job
He made a botch of it.

Medical Definition

botch

noun

ˈbäch How to pronounce botch (audio)
: an inflammatory sore

botch 1 of 2

noun

as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • jumble
  • variety
  • assortment
  • medley
  • collage
  • scramble
  • shuffle
  • blend
  • mishmash
  • hodgepodge
  • patchwork
  • tangle
  • grab bag
  • montage
  • pastiche
  • amalgam
  • hash
  • muddle
  • tumble
  • clutter
  • mixed bag
  • combination
  • mélange
  • agglomeration
  • jungle
  • hotchpotch
  • agglomerate
  • farrago
  • alphabet soup
  • stew
  • smorgasbord
  • litter
  • mess
  • salmagundi
  • rummage
  • motley
  • salad
  • crazy quilt
  • potpourri
  • gallimaufry
  • menagerie
  • ragout
  • olio
  • gumbo
  • patchwork quilt
  • miscellanea
  • jambalaya
  • ragbag
  • macédoine
  • miscellany
  • welter
  • accumulation
  • aggregation
  • aggregate
  • conglomeration
  • fusion
  • olla podrida
  • conglomerate
  • omnium-gatherum
  • composite
  • notions
  • chaos
  • compound
  • disarray
  • imbroglio
  • bollix
  • detritus
  • snarl
  • mix-up
  • disarrangement
  • sundries
  • shambles
  • admixture
  • confusion
  • catchall
  • disorder
  • alloy
  • intermixture
  • commixture
  • odds and ends
  • oddments
  • morass
  • dog's breakfast
  • knot

botch

2 of 2

verb

as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fumble
  • bungle
  • blow
  • ruin
  • flub
  • mangle
  • murder
  • dub
  • boot
  • spoil
  • mar
  • destroy
  • butcher
  • muck up
  • boggle
  • screw up
  • muff
  • damage
  • bumble
  • foul up
  • bobble
  • blunder
  • louse up
  • fluff
  • foozle
  • injure
  • wreck
  • muddle
  • impair
  • flaw
  • bollix (up)
  • mutilate
  • goof (up)
  • hurt
  • harm
  • blight
  • bugger (up)
  • blemish
  • mismanage
  • vitiate
  • mess (up)
  • piffle
  • mishandle
  • gum (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improve
  • better
  • enhance
  • help
  • rectify
  • ameliorate
  • remedy
  • refine
  • reform
  • fix
  • repair
  • patch
  • revamp
  • meliorate
  • renovate
  • recondition
  • doctor
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