| 单词 | makeshift |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['meikʃift] |
| 解释 | n./adj. 代用品(的)；权宜之计(的) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n./ adj. 权宜之计(的)，代用 品(a substitute; temporary expedient) 【记】 组合词：make(作)+sh ift(转移，改变) 【例】 Buttons were the child's makeshifts for toys. |
| 字源 | makeshift also make-shift, 1560s, as a noun, "shifty person, rogue," from make (v.) + shift (v.). Adjectival sense of "substitute" is first recorded 1680s. Compare make-sport "a laughing stock" (1610s). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. /adj. 权宜之计(临时替代其它事物的东西) 【记】make作出, shift转移: 对一件事情作出转移－权宜之计 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】make + shift 换班，转移 |
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