jerry-built

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von jerry-built im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(ev/vb.) kötü malzemeyle inşa edilmiş

kötü malzeme ile inşaa edilmiş

derme çatma

adi harçla inşa edilmiş

kötü malzeme ile inşaa edilmiş

derme çatma

Relevante Übersetzungen

jerry built house

derme çatma ev

jerry built housing

(Çevre) derme çatma konut

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von jerry-built im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Built cheaply and shoddily

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

disapproval If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry-built, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality. jerry-built equipment The place is a bit jerry-built. built cheaply, quickly, and badly

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses

built quickly and with poor quality

Relevante Übersetzungen

jerrybuilt

Anything that is ill-constructed

jerrybuilt

Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure

jerrybuilt

Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses

Silbentrennung

jer·ry-built

Synonyme

cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial

Etymologie

() A pejorative of unknown origin concerning 'Jerry' or a derivation of jury-rigged, which is from nautical term for a short-term replacement of the mast and yards.