Definition of bodge in English:

bodge

verb bɒdʒ

[with object]British informal

Make or repair (something) badly or clumsily.
〈英，非正式〉拙劣地拼凑（或制作）；笨拙地修补
the door was bodged together from old planks
那扇门是用旧木板拼凑成的。
Example sentencesExamples
- All the pipes and things that stuck out, none of which I understood, looked like they were meant to be within the structure but just didn't fit so they had to be bodged on the outside.
- The end result is usually a bodged job, endless delays or even unfinished work, but home owners have little or no comeback when things go belly-up.
- They later made a second Chernobylesque blunder by bodging a highly-explosive warhead part back together with tape.
- You hear a lot of nonsense about craft and craftsmanship; but the truth is that in order to publish anything you have to be prepared to bodge and skimp: you have to believe that this, after all, will do.
- It would have involved ripping out a bit of skirting board to give us another half-inch of room and then bodging the tracking so that it ran pretty close to the wall.
- There's nothing particularly interesting about Mad Hatter, which is exactly the kind of crash-a-minute bodge you'd expect to get from throwing Helix software and Mozilla into a Linux distribution.
- However, if you lost one of those springloaded clips, a replacement would not be as easily bodged together as with the Tennmax ones.
- I had to bodge it here and there, for example where screw holes didn't align properly, but the point is this: it works and it sounds great.
- After about 30 minutes of desperately attempting to fix the tube and figure out some way of bodging the tyre, I gave up and called Heather.
- I've been contacted by another victim who, having been sold a criminally bodged car, is now plotting his revenge.
- He laughably said it was a one bedroom place, when in fact it was a bedsit in which he'd made an awfully bodged attempt to incorporate a separate bedroom.
- Elderly residents have been left for weeks with half-finished kitchens and bathrooms, property has been damaged and some work badly bodged.
- After being patronised by the check-in assistant you find that your room, whilst ostensibly plush, contains at least one fitting that has been bodged at an angle that isn't quite straight.
- I turn on my computer, going again to the typing program Dann and I bodged together.
- Critics said it was a bodged job, a recipe for chaos and disaster.
- This Christmas your hopeless home-improver can be the star of a prime time competition - and if they don't learn how do it properly, they'll never be allowed to bodge a job again.
- Fortunately I figured out a bodge - a large lump of wood on a stick to be placed over the doorway.
- They are produced by money-hungry bodge artists in garages and back rooms using outdated pill presses and ingredients that could well make most people's hair stand on end if they ever knew what they were.
- I hurried to get the snap which just meant that I bodged the job and had to do it again.
- They contain another bodged compromise that will create further confusion and conflict.
Synonyms
bungle, do badly, do clumsily, make a mess of, mismanage, mishandle, mangle, fumble
mess, fiasco, debacle, blunder, failure, wreck

Origin

Mid 16th century: alteration of botch.

botch from Late Middle English:
The first meaning of botch was simply ‘to repair’, with no implication of clumsiness or lack of skill. By the early 17th century it seems to have taken on its modern meaning, and Shakespeare's use of the noun in Macbeth (c.1603) makes this clear: ‘To leave no rubs nor botches in the Work.’ Bodge (mid 16th century) is the same word as botch, but always had the negative meaning. The origin of the word is unknown.

Rhymes

dodge, Hodge, lodge, splodge, stodge, wodge

词汇	bodge
释义	Definition of bodge in English: bodge verb bɒdʒ [with object]British informal Make or repair (something) badly or clumsily. 〈英，非正式〉拙劣地拼凑（或制作）；笨拙地修补 the door was bodged together from old planks 那扇门是用旧木板拼凑成的。 Example sentencesExamples All the pipes and things that stuck out, none of which I understood, looked like they were meant to be within the structure but just didn't fit so they had to be bodged on the outside. The end result is usually a bodged job, endless delays or even unfinished work, but home owners have little or no comeback when things go belly-up. They later made a second Chernobylesque blunder by bodging a highly-explosive warhead part back together with tape. You hear a lot of nonsense about craft and craftsmanship; but the truth is that in order to publish anything you have to be prepared to bodge and skimp: you have to believe that this, after all, will do. It would have involved ripping out a bit of skirting board to give us another half-inch of room and then bodging the tracking so that it ran pretty close to the wall. There's nothing particularly interesting about Mad Hatter, which is exactly the kind of crash-a-minute bodge you'd expect to get from throwing Helix software and Mozilla into a Linux distribution. However, if you lost one of those springloaded clips, a replacement would not be as easily bodged together as with the Tennmax ones. I had to bodge it here and there, for example where screw holes didn't align properly, but the point is this: it works and it sounds great. After about 30 minutes of desperately attempting to fix the tube and figure out some way of bodging the tyre, I gave up and called Heather. I've been contacted by another victim who, having been sold a criminally bodged car, is now plotting his revenge. He laughably said it was a one bedroom place, when in fact it was a bedsit in which he'd made an awfully bodged attempt to incorporate a separate bedroom. Elderly residents have been left for weeks with half-finished kitchens and bathrooms, property has been damaged and some work badly bodged. After being patronised by the check-in assistant you find that your room, whilst ostensibly plush, contains at least one fitting that has been bodged at an angle that isn't quite straight. I turn on my computer, going again to the typing program Dann and I bodged together. Critics said it was a bodged job, a recipe for chaos and disaster. This Christmas your hopeless home-improver can be the star of a prime time competition - and if they don't learn how do it properly, they'll never be allowed to bodge a job again. Fortunately I figured out a bodge - a large lump of wood on a stick to be placed over the doorway. They are produced by money-hungry bodge artists in garages and back rooms using outdated pill presses and ingredients that could well make most people's hair stand on end if they ever knew what they were. I hurried to get the snap which just meant that I bodged the job and had to do it again. They contain another bodged compromise that will create further confusion and conflict. Synonyms bungle, do badly, do clumsily, make a mess of, mismanage, mishandle, mangle, fumble mess, fiasco, debacle, blunder, failure, wreck Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of botch. botch from Late Middle English: The first meaning of botch was simply ‘to repair’, with no implication of clumsiness or lack of skill. By the early 17th century it seems to have taken on its modern meaning, and Shakespeare's use of the noun in Macbeth (c.1603) makes this clear: ‘To leave no rubs nor botches in the Work.’ Bodge (mid 16th century) is the same word as botch, but always had the negative meaning. The origin of the word is unknown. Rhymes dodge, Hodge, lodge, splodge, stodge, wodge
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