cruft

发音

其它 /kɹʌft/

词形变化

crufted crufting crufts 三单 crufts crufting 现在分词 crufted 过去式 crufted 过去分词

别名

kruft

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Anything that is old or of inferior quality.

    俚语 不可数
  2. 2.

    Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time.

    俚语 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
  3. 3.

    Meaningless or gratuitous content displayed on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.

    俚语 不可数 媒体
v.
  1. 1.

    To generate cruft.

    俚语 计算机 工程 数学

词源

Circa 1959, MIT Tech Model Railroad Club. Unknown origin; possibly from Cruft Hall, built in 1915 as a gift from a donor named Harriet Otis Cruft. Cruft Hall was the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment. Possibly blend of crust + fluff, both of which may form on old abandoned things, or influenced by crud.

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