Heath Robinsonian

English

From Heath Robinson +‎ -an.

Heath Robinsonian (comparative more Heath Robinsonian, superlative most Heath Robinsonian)

Elaborate and impractical.
- 2011, Laurie R. King, Pirate King:
  Later, when I was not in quite such a vulnerable position, I decided that it was a ridiculously convoluted, Heath Robinsonian piece of machinery, a bit much even for Mycroft.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 127:
  In the eyes of the anti-Bismarck fronde, the chancellor's remarkable web of transcontinental commitments looked less like a system than a creaking Heath-Robinsonian contraption, a flimsy joist-work of ‘plasters and patches’ designed to avoid the pressing choices that confronted the German Empire in an increasingly dangerous world.

单词	Heath Robinsonian
释义	Heath Robinsonian English Etymology From Heath Robinson +‎ -an. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /hiːθɹɒbɪnˈsəʊnɪən/ Adjective Heath Robinsonian (comparative more Heath Robinsonian, superlative most Heath Robinsonian) Elaborate and impractical. 2011, Laurie R. King, Pirate King: Later, when I was not in quite such a vulnerable position, I decided that it was a ridiculously convoluted, Heath Robinsonian piece of machinery, a bit much even for Mycroft. 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 127: In the eyes of the anti-Bismarck fronde, the chancellor's remarkable web of transcontinental commitments looked less like a system than a creaking Heath-Robinsonian contraption, a flimsy joist-work of ‘plasters and patches’ designed to avoid the pressing choices that confronted the German Empire in an increasingly dangerous world.
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