jerry-built

短语

a. 偷工减料的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Built cheaply and shoddily.

    偷工减料建成的

    豆腐渣

    1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)

    He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.

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weak

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Unknown; there are many theories.

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