Rube Goldberg machine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task. Canada,US
  2. Anything that is overly complicated. broadly
    — To be overly cynical myself, that is still the macro view. Littlefinger’s execution and the white walkers passing through the rubble of the Wall are just two observations that this enormous Rube Goldberg machine is running on time.

词形变化

Rube Goldberg machines plural

词源

Named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who drew many such machines in his comics.
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