英语词汇“jerry-built”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

jerry-built

/ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt

adjective

Badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality.The works, while clear, are also ambiguous; a number look ramshackle, jerry-built, jumbled - even chaotic....

One friend in the Humvee was already dead from the blast of the jerry-built 90 mm mortar round, and one would die later.
In contrast, say, to the Museum of Scotland, the new parliament building is going up as fast as a block of jerry-built flats.

Synonyms

shoddy, badly built, gimcrack, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, unstable, ramshackle, crude, carelessly built, thrown together, makeshift, defective, faulty, flawed;

inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack

informal tacky, junky

British informal ropy, rubbish, grotty

Derivatives

jerry-builder

noun ...

This sort of pain is just what we would expect from natural selection, which is a jerry-builder.
People needed housing, and providing this was left to jerry-builders who put together cheap, insufficient, flimsy dwellings that soon fell into disrepair.
The whole of the belt of north and west Northumberland has been little changed through the centuries - it has not been desecrated either by the jerry-builder or by the spread of industry.

jerry-building

/ˈdʒɛrɪbɪldɪŋ

/ noun ...

Yet many of these cathedrals looked grander than they were, and design faults, or perhaps jerry-building, caused a number of fiascos.
If there was jerry-building, it was more likely to have been the result of haste - the impossible demands of an impatient emperor.
If the apprentice was caught doing any jerry-building he would find it at his feet knocked down with a hammer.

Origin

Mid 19th century: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20).

Poorly built houses have been described as jerry-built since the mid 19th century. The term is nothing to do with Jerry, a derogatory name for a German, probably based on the word ‘German’, that came out of the First World War. One suggestion is that jerry-built comes from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or it may allude to the walls of Jericho, which in the biblical story fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpet. The jerrycan [Second World War] does come from Jerry—it was originally used by Germans, but was adopted by the Allies in the Second World War.

单词	jerry-built
释义	jerry-built /ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt / adjective Badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality.The works, while clear, are also ambiguous; a number look ramshackle, jerry-built, jumbled - even chaotic.... One friend in the Humvee was already dead from the blast of the jerry-built 90 mm mortar round, and one would die later. In contrast, say, to the Museum of Scotland, the new parliament building is going up as fast as a block of jerry-built flats. Synonyms shoddy, badly built, gimcrack, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, unstable, ramshackle, crude, carelessly built, thrown together, makeshift, defective, faulty, flawed; inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack informal tacky, junky British informal ropy, rubbish, grotty Derivatives jerry-builder noun ... This sort of pain is just what we would expect from natural selection, which is a jerry-builder. People needed housing, and providing this was left to jerry-builders who put together cheap, insufficient, flimsy dwellings that soon fell into disrepair. The whole of the belt of north and west Northumberland has been little changed through the centuries - it has not been desecrated either by the jerry-builder or by the spread of industry. jerry-building /ˈdʒɛrɪbɪldɪŋ / noun ... Yet many of these cathedrals looked grander than they were, and design faults, or perhaps jerry-building, caused a number of fiascos. If there was jerry-building, it was more likely to have been the result of haste - the impossible demands of an impatient emperor. If the apprentice was caught doing any jerry-building he would find it at his feet knocked down with a hammer. Origin Mid 19th century: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20). Poorly built houses have been described as jerry-built since the mid 19th century. The term is nothing to do with Jerry, a derogatory name for a German, probably based on the word ‘German’, that came out of the First World War. One suggestion is that jerry-built comes from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or it may allude to the walls of Jericho, which in the biblical story fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpet. The jerrycan [Second World War] does come from Jerry—it was originally used by Germans, but was adopted by the Allies in the Second World War.
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