botch
意味
- 《話》…をぶかっこうに繕う;…をやりそこなう,台無しにする《+up+名,+名+up》
- へたな繕い(仕事)
例文
I've botched things up so bad I wish I could find a hole to climb into.
こんなへまをして、穴があったら入りたいよ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.