| 单词 | half-baked |
| 释义 | half-baked (once / 18240 pages) 1adj 2adj You can use the adjective half-baked to describe your sadly underdone cupcakes, or in a figurative way to criticize your brother's crazy business idea. When something's half-baked, it's just never going to work. If your plan for moving to Iceland is half-baked, it means you haven't thought the whole thing through. This metaphorical meaning came from the original definition of half-baked, literally "baked halfway" or "underdone." If something's half-baked, nobody wants to eat it — it's useless. An idea or plan, likewise, is half-baked if isn't worth wasting time on. WORD FAMILYhalf-baked USAGE EXAMPLESDemocrats will not join them in a “half-baked solution that we will partially own.” Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) It’s embarrassing for the city of Los Angeles, which can’t possibly appreciate being fronted by this half-baked band of strangers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 11, 2016) “Democrats will not then step up to the plate… with a half-baked solution that we will partially own,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1 adj insufficiently cooked 2Syn underdone raw not treated with heat to prepare it for eating adj foolish; totally unsound half-baked ideas Syn crazy, screwball, softheaded impractical not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters |
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