- 1草率、馬馬虎虎
If work is slapdash, someone did it too fast and did not take care. The paint is patchy, the screws are loose, the homework has half the answers. People use it for jobs, writing, and plans.
If work is slapdash如果一件工作是slapdash, someone did it too fast and did not take care代表某人做得太快、沒有用心。The paint is patchy油漆補得東一塊西一塊, the screws are loose螺絲鬆鬆的, the homework has half the answers作業只寫了一半的答案。People use it for jobs, writing, and plans人們會用這個字來說工作、寫作和計畫。
You can also use it like an adverb: they put the shelf up slapdash, meaning in that rushing, careless way. It feels informal — the kind of word a teacher, a boss, or a parent uses when they are not pleased.
You can also use it like an adverb你也可以把它當副詞用: they put the shelf up slapdashthey put the shelf up slapdash, meaning in that rushing, careless way意思是用那種匆匆忙忙、不用心的方式。It feels informal這個字給人口語的感覺 — the kind of word a teacher, a boss, or a parent uses是老師、老闆或父母會用的那種字 when they are not pleased當他們不滿意的時候。
Though actually, it is not the same as quick. Quick work can still be careful. Slapdash means the speed ate the care.
Though actually不過其實, it is not the same as quick它跟quick不一樣。Quick work can still be careful快速完成的工作還是可以很仔細。Slapdash meansslapdash的意思是 the speed ate the care速度把用心給吃掉了。
It is also not a word for a whole person so much as for what they made: you call the work slapdash more often than you call the person a slapdash.
It is also not a word for a whole person它也不太是用來形容一整個人的字, so much as for what they made比較是用來形容他們做出來的東西: you call the work slapdash more often你比較常說work is slapdash than you call the person a slapdash比較少直接說某個人是a slapdash。
core核心畫面
組成slap (a quick hit) + dash (to rush). First used in the late 1600s, already meaning careless.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
slapdashadj/ˈslæpdæʃ/
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Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
- They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly, slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different.
- When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.
slapdashadv/ˈslæpdæʃ/
- 1
In a hasty or careless manner.
- 2
Directly, right there; slap-bang.
- Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.
- 3
With a slap; all at once; slap.
- And yet, slap dash, is all again In every sinew, nerve, and vein; Runs here and there, like Hamlet's ghost
slapdashverb/ˈslæpdæʃ/
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To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
- to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
- to slapdash a wall
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