botch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɒt͡ʃ/    美 /bɑt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. transitive
    — That I require a cleareneſſe; and with him; / To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the Worke:
  2. A tumour or other malignant swelling. obsolete,transitive
    — Botches and blaines muſt all his fleſh imboſs,
  3. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. transitive
  4. A case or outbreak of boils or sores. transitive
    — The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scabbe, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not bee healed.
  5. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. transitive
  6. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge. transitive
  7. One who makes a mess of something. archaic,transitive
    — If it was the last word I ever spoke, Puddock, you're a good natured—he 's a gentleman, sir—and it was all my own fault; he warned me, he did, again' swallyin' a dhrop of it—remember what I'm saying, Doctor—'twas I that done it; I was always a botch, Puddock, an' a fool; and—and—gentlemen—good-by.
动词 v.
  1. To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something. transitive
    — A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
  2. To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily. transitive
  3. To mend or repair (something) clumsily. transitive

词形变化

botches present,singular,third-person botching participle,present botched participle,past botched past botches plural botches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blotch botcher botchery botch up botchwork botchy botch job botch-up
相关词
bodge foul up mess up screw up

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.
词源 2
From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).
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