makeshift 详细解释

makeshift

['meik.ʃift]

adj.临时的
n.临时替代物

n.

临时代用品; 权宜之计[C]

Use an empty crate as a makeshift for a table.

用空板条箱权充桌子。

a.

临时代用的; 权宜的[B]

They made a makeshift table from boxes.

他们把箱子做成一张临时用的桌子。

词形变化

名词复数：makeshifts

词义辨析

同义参见:

extemporaneous  utility  

英英释义

名词 makeshift:

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

同义词：stopgap, make-do

形容词 makeshift:

done or made using whatever is available

同义词：improvised, jury-rigged

补充

makeshiftmakeshift英:[ˈmeikʃift] 美:[ˈmekˌʃɪft]n.1.权宜之计, 临时代用的物品The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。

例句

1. 20,000 refugees were living in makeshift shelters.两万名难民住在临时避难所里。 2. a makeshift coffee table临时咖啡桌 3. arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed.摆一排椅子凑成一张临时的床。 4. makeshift shelters out of old cardboard boxes用旧纸板箱搭起的临时栖身之所 5. A large box served as a makeshift table.临时用一个大箱子来当桌子。

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