spec
noun
informaluk/spek/us/spek/[C]
informalforspecification(= adetaileddescriptionof how something should be or has been done, made, etc.):
规格；规范；标准；明细单；详细说明（specification的非正式说法）Thearticlecomparesthe specs of ten of thebest-sellingcars.这篇文章比较了10款畅销汽车的规格配置。
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- over-elaboration
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize
on spec
taking achance, without beingsurethat you will get what youwant:
碰运气We justturnedup at theairporton spec,hopingthat we'd beableto gettickets.我们只不过到机场去碰碰运气，希望能买到机票。
You could alwayssendyourCV to a fewcompanieson spec.你总还可以给几家公司寄去你的简历，碰碰运气嘛。
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- arguable
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- indeterminate
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- slippery
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- unwritten
spec
verb[T]
uk/spek/us/spek/present participlespeccing|past tensespecced|past participlespeccedtoplan, do, or make somethingaccordingto aparticularspecification(= adetaileddescriptionof how something should be done or made):
I haveseenplayersspectheircharactersintorealkillingmachines.
You can also specyourTwinTop with a 197bhpengine.
Inventing, designing and innovation
- absorptive capacity
- architect
- artificer
- bionics
- blueprint
- customized
- design
- designer
- devise
- dreamsomethingup
- lead time
- modularization
- nanotechnology
- non-imitative
- operational research
- technology
- themed
- think outside the boxidiom
- thinksomethingup
- trailblaze
spec
adjective[before noun]
USuk/spek/us/spek/used todescribeahouse, etc. that isdesignedandbuiltby apersonorcompanyto besoldto anyone who willbuyit,ratherthan for aparticularcustomer:
Building high-priced spechomesis agamblethat canpayoff but also canprovedisastrouswhen themarkettightens.
Hiscompanyhas one spechouseforsalein Scottsdale fornearly$3.8 million.
- "Builders justkeptputting up one spechouseafter another," she says.
- He saiddevelopersarebuildingspechomesforshort-termprofits, notrealizingthelong-termeffects.
- Hebuiltthe twohouseson thelakeas "spechomes," or onspeculationthat he couldsellthem.
- There are not less than five specbuildingsgoing up in thearea.
Building: construction work & workers
- banksman
- blaster
- break groundidiom
- brick
- brick upsomething
- electrician
- erection
- flip
- found
- glazier
- joiner
- refurb
- refurbish
- refurbished
- refurbishment
- renovate
- tiler
- well built
- workman
- wright