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

单词	botch
释义	botch I. \ˈbäch\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English boche, from Old North French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bottia protuberance, hump — more at boss 1. obsolete : a noninflammatory swelling (as a tumor) 2. a. : an inflammatory sore spot (as a boil or ulcer) b. : a condition marked by a profusion of boils, ulcers, or other sore spots < the Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt — Deut 28:27 (Authorized Version) > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English bocchen 1. : to repair, mend, or patch usually in a bungling clumsy inept way < a pair of old trousers that had been botched up with blue patches > : make over, redo, adjust, or alter usually unskillfully < my best suit had been botched, and I could no longer wear it > 2. : to make a mess of through clumsiness, stupidity, or lack of ability : foul up hopelessly : bungle, spoil, ruin < one of those natural incompetents who botches whatever he puts his hand to — Farley Mowat > 3. : to assemble, construct, or compose in a makeshift or bungling way < the rest of the report was a patchwork of data botched together — Dwight Macdonald > < botching up jingles to produce what he fondly thought was a poem > III. noun (-es) 1. : a botched place or part : defect, flaw, blemish < the botches of a poorly constructed building > 2. a. : something that is botched : mess < they made a real botch of that job > b. : a bungled piece of work : clumsy or careless work < that kind of botch is worse than no work at all > c. : a jumbled mixture : patchwork, hodgepodge, mishmash < the script was as often as not a botch of stolen scenes — Arthur Miller > < a miserable botch of falsehoods — A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 > 3. archaic : something used for patching or filling out : patching material
随便看	selaginella selaginellaceae selaginellaceous selaginellales selaginellites selago selah selas selcouth seld seldom seldomly seldomness sele select select selectance select committee selected selectee selection selection selection coefficient selection forest selectionism

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。