Botch



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 笨手笨脚地) 弄坏某事物
• ［英］ v. ( 笨手笨脚地) 弄坏某事物 ( mismanage; blow)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English boche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss
• Date: 14th century
• an inflammatory sore

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English bocchen
• Date: 1530
• 1. to foul up hopelessly — often used with up
• 2. to put together in a makeshift way
• ? botcher noun

III. noun

• Date: 1605
• 1. something that is botched ; mess
• 2. patchwork, hodgepodge
• ? botchy adjective

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