| 单词 | botch |
| 释义 | botch botch1 —botchedly /boch"id lee/, adv. —botcher, n. —botchery, n. /boch/, v.t. 1. to spoil by poor work; bungle (often fol. by up): He botched up the job thoroughly. 2. to do or say in a bungling manner. 3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner. n. 4. a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking. 5. a clumsily added part or patch. 6. a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration. [1350-1400; ME bocchen to patch up; perh. to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (v. deriv. of bocche BOTCH2), though sense development unclear] Syn. 1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub. botch2 /boch/, n. 1. a swelling on the skin; a boil. 2. an eruptive disease. [1350-1400; ME bocche < OF boche, dial. var. of boce BOSS2] |
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