jury-rig

短语

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发音

UK /ˈdʒʊə.ɹi ɹɪɡ/
US /ˈdʒʊɹ.i ɹɪɡ/
AU
US /ˈdʒɛɹ.i ɹɪɡ/

词形变化

jury-rigs 复数 jury-rigs 三单 jury-rigging 现在分词 jury-rigged 过去式 jury-rigged 过去分词

别名

jury rig

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An improvised rigging.

    航海 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available.

    及物 航海 交通
  2. 2.

    To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.

    及物
  3. 1.

    To rig a jury; to engage in jury tampering, to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they deliver a certain verdict.

    俚语 及物

词源

From jury (“for temporary use, makeshift”, adjective) + rig. Likely modelled after jury-mast. The phrase 'jury-rigged' has been in use since at least 1788. The adjectival use of 'jury', in the sense of makeshift or temporary, has been said to date from at least 1616, when according to the 1933 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, it appeared in John Smith's A Description of New England. It appeared in Smith's more extensive The General History of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles published in 1624.

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