shoddy
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 用长弹毛做的，以次充好的
- n.
- 长弹毛，软再生毛，赝品
构词拆分
词源说明
Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building.
The modern adjectival sense was apparently derived from inexpensive shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”), which was not really suitable for (but was sometimes still used for) things such as military uniforms at the beginning of the US Civil War.
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- (of goods) Of poor quality or construction.
- (of quality) Poor; low.
- (dated) Pretentious, sham, counterfeit.
- (dated) Ambitious by reason of newly-acquired