kludge
noun[C]
informaluk/klʌdʒ/us/klʌdʒ/something,especiallycomputerhardwareorsoftware, that has been put together from whatever isavailable,especiallywhen it does notworkvery well:
勉强拼凑起来的电脑硬件(或软件)Someviewthe GeoPort Telecom Adapter asbrilliant;othersas abizarrehardwarekludge.一些人认为 GeoPort 电信适配器很棒,另一些人则认为它是一个奇怪的硬件组装工具。
Variety and mixtures
- all manner ofsomethingidiom
- alphabet soup
- assorted
- assortment
- biodiverse
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- hybridize
- hybridized
- it takes all sorts (to make a world)idiom
- non-segregated
- odds and ends
- of every stripe/of all stripesidiom
- panoply
- patchwork
- syncretism
- this
- this and thatidiom
- variety is the spice of lifeidiom
- variously
kludge
verb[T]
informaluk/klʌdʒ/us/klʌdʒ/to put something,especiallycomputerhardwareorsoftware, together from whatever isavailable,especiallywhen it does notworkvery well:
勉强拼凑电脑硬件(或软件)Instead of kludging asolutiontogether, it'spossibletospenda little moretimeandmoneyand get one that reallyworks.与其拼凑一个解决方案,不如多花一点时间和金钱,找到一个真正有效的解决办法。
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- weaving
- yoke