kluge

发音

其它 /kluːd͡ʒ/

词形变化

kluges 复数 kluges kluged kluges 三单 kluging kluging 现在分词 kluged 过去式 kluged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that should not work, but does.

  2. 2.

    A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of kludge.

词源

From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.) According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Compare kludge.

来源:wiktionary