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词组 shade-tree mechanic
释义 shade-tree mechanic
noun
an amateur car mechanic of dubious skill, questionable honour and the best of intentions US
  • “There is no way to distinguish between a really skilled expert and a half-trained and generally incompetent shade tree mechanic,” he said. — United States Department of Labor, Manpower: Volume 2, 1970
  • In retrospect Harry Slutz could be classified as an early-day shade tree mechanic. — Automobile Quarterly, p. 230, 1970
  • — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcycle Slang, p. 176, 1992
  • With that very American combination of style and excess, shade-tree mechanics gave birth to the monster pickup. — Editors of Ben is Dead, Retrohell, p. 132, 1997
  • Digger, our eccentric and brilliantly inventive shade-tree mechanic, joined the entourage with his step van and tools. — Peter Coyote, Sleeping Where I Fall, p. 136, 1998
  • Before he had started dealing narcotics, he had worked for two or three shade-tree mechanics and backyard body-and-fender men. — James Lee Burke, Pegasus Descending, p. 96, 2006
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