jerry-built

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Built cheaply and shoddily.
    — 1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)

词源

Unknown; there are many theories. See jerry (possibly etymologically related).
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