n. flaw or flemish resulting from unskilfulworkmanship; clumsy workmanship由于手藝粗糙而引起的缺點;笨活。
△Mac.3.1.134 (133):“To leave no rubsand botches in the work”,不要笨手笨腳,留下什么毛病。
botch
vt. patch拼湊。
△Ham.4.5.9: “they aim atit,/ And botch the words up fit to their ownthoughts,”他們揣摩她的意思,把她的話拼湊起來以附會他們自己的想法。
botch up:?patch together or stitch together clumsi-ly,do badly 粗笨地補綴,瞎干。
△Tw.4.1.59(55):“And hear thou there how many fruitless pranks/ This ruffian hath botched up,”我可以告訴你這個壞蛋曾經(jīng)胡作非為,干過多少荒唐的事。
?contrive crudely,disguisecrudely粗糙地設(shè)計,粗糙地掩飾。
△H.Ⅴ.2. 2. 115: “Dobotch and bungle up damnation/ With patches,col-ours,”用詭計、借口把該下地獄的罪惡粗糙而笨拙地掩飾一下。
botch[b?t?]
v.&n. 拙劣地干活
‖ botchy adj.笨手笨腳的
botcher n. 笨手笨腳者
botched adj.