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单词 jerry-built
释义 jerry-built
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: jerry probably from Jerry, nickname for Jeremy & Jeremiah
1. : built cheaply and unsubstantially of poor or insufficient materials
 < jerry-built wharves >
 < buying sagging old houses or jerry-built new ones — Vera Connolly >
 < mean-looking little houses, very jerry-built — John Morris >
 < 600 acres of jerry-built shacks — Emory Ross >
 < the thin walls of the jerry-built house — Virginia Woolf >
2. : carelessly or hastily put together : constructed without due thought or care : unsound in planning or execution : flimsy; often : constructed or devised at haphazard
 < jerry-built tax legislation — New York Times >
 < the political empire of Rome became more and more jerry-built — Weston La Barre >
 < the movie is a particularly unsatisfying, jerry-built affair — Manny Farber >
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