英:['dʒækleg]
美:['dʒækˌleg]
英:['dʒækleg]
美:['dʒækˌleg]
adjective
characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonesty, or lack of professional standards
a jackleg lawyer
lacking skill or training : amateur
a jackleg carpenter
designed as a temporary expedient : makeshift
jack >entry 1 + -leg (as in blackleg)
The first known use of jackleg was in 1833
1 a toolshed that can be built by any jackleg carpenter who's capable of hitting a nail without smashing his thumb
2 he did such a jackleg installation of that door frame that now the door won't shut
1 不诚实的
forked-tongued false hollow indirect dishonest untrue deceitful insincere untruthful gyp double-dealing lefthanded false-hearted truthless niddering nidering
3 不熟练
skill-less fresh amateur freshwater inexperienced unprofessional untrained unskilled unlearned inexpert unaccomplished inapt unpracticed unhackneyed unartful prentice inexperience maladdress
4 权宜之计的
5 不熟练的
skill-less fresh amateur freshwater inexperienced unprofessional untrained unskilled unlearned inexpert unaccomplished inapt unpracticed unhackneyed unartful prentice
6 不诚实
forked-tongued false hollow indirect dishonest untrue deceitful insincere untruthful gyp double-dealing lefthanded false-hearted truthless niddering nidering dishonesty duplicity indirection insincerity improbity inveracity mala fides