| 词汇 | jiggering |
| 释义 | jiggering present participle ofjigger jigger verb[ T ] USuk /ˈdʒɪɡ.ər/ us /ˈdʒɪɡ.ɚ/ to change something, especially unfairly or illegally: （尤指不公正或非法地）改变 The ruling party jiggered the election results to stay in power.执政党篡改了选举结果以继续掌权。 Adapting and modifying acclimate acclimation acclimatization acclimatize acclimatize to something amendment chameleon change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom configure counter-adaptation pliant pliantly preadaptation preadaptive put something back unacclimatized unadapted unamended write someone out of something Zelig Examples of jiggeringjiggering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. What is the good of all this jiggering about? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot always be jiggering the £ about every 12 months or so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This treatment, called jiggering is a time honored method of producing many pots that are identical. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cakes are processed through a pug to remove air, before being shaped by jiggering or jolleying to produce plates and bowls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In large-scale factory production, jiggering and jolleying are usually automated, which allows the operations to be carried out by semi-skilled labour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jiggering and jolleying have been used in the production of pottery since at least the 18th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jiggering is used only in the production of flat wares, such as plates, but a similar operation, "jolleying", is used in the production of hollow-wares such as cups. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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