Definition of kludge in English:

kludge

(also cludge)

noun klʌdʒkluːdʒkludʒ

informal

1An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfil a particular purpose.
勉强拼凑的东西
Example sentencesExamples
- On the corner of Eversholt Street and Euston is a St Pancras New Church, a neo-classical kludge which at the time of its construction in 1822 was the most expensive church building since St Paul's.
- It wouldn't have been perfect, but it almost certainly would have been better than the kludge we're ending up with.
- Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable.
- The vertebrate eye does very well indeed, but it is a kludge.
1. 1.1Computing A machine, system, or program that has been badly put together, especially a clumsy but temporarily effective solution to a particular fault or problem.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a kludge, but at least the page loads normally now.
  I speak as someone who's written code to do this, by the way - it always smelled like a kludge to me, and now I understand why.
  Google has struggled to maintain the integrity of its search results ever since, with recent kludges blocking millions of results.
  And it's hard to imagine any IS department tolerating kludges such as this.
  Usually some mechanism exists to export and import data between a database and an SPC / SQC system - even if that mechanism is a kludge involving a text-file transfer.

verbklʌdʒkluːdʒkludʒ

[with object]informal

Improvise or put together from an ill-assorted collection of parts.
Hugh had to kludge something together
休不得不七拼八凑地装配一个东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's well worth taking the time to add extra comments and clean up any kludged code.
- The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged.
- Thus you either change the new code, or try and kludge the old code, or hack around the old code with a whole new bit.
- One can add a middle initial, but this is just kludging it.
- I initially coded the blog's template by kludging together a lot of stuff without really knowing what I was doing.
- The original network - I'm sure our technologists wouldn't like this - but it was kludged together through landlines
- So there is nothing that the Google desktop offers I can't already kludge.

Origin

1960s: invented word, perhaps influenced by bodge and fudge.

Rhymes

huge, luge, scrooge, smoodge, stooge

Definition of kludge in US English:

kludge

(also cludge, kluge)

nounklo͞ojkludʒ

informal

1An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose.
勉强拼凑的东西
Example sentencesExamples
- The vertebrate eye does very well indeed, but it is a kludge.
- Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable.
- It wouldn't have been perfect, but it almost certainly would have been better than the kludge we're ending up with.
- On the corner of Eversholt Street and Euston is a St Pancras New Church, a neo-classical kludge which at the time of its construction in 1822 was the most expensive church building since St Paul's.
1. 1.1Computing A machine, system, or program that has been badly put together.
  〔计算机〕勉强凑合的组装机；勉强拼装的系统；勉强拼凑的程序
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a kludge, but at least the page loads normally now.
  Usually some mechanism exists to export and import data between a database and an SPC / SQC system - even if that mechanism is a kludge involving a text-file transfer.
  And it's hard to imagine any IS department tolerating kludges such as this.
  Google has struggled to maintain the integrity of its search results ever since, with recent kludges blocking millions of results.
  I speak as someone who's written code to do this, by the way - it always smelled like a kludge to me, and now I understand why.

verbklo͞ojkludʒ

[with object]informal

Use ill-assorted parts to make (something)
（用七拼八凑的零部件）组装
Hugh had to kludge something together
休不得不七拼八凑地装配一个东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- One can add a middle initial, but this is just kludging it.
- It's well worth taking the time to add extra comments and clean up any kludged code.
- So there is nothing that the Google desktop offers I can't already kludge.
- I initially coded the blog's template by kludging together a lot of stuff without really knowing what I was doing.
- The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged.
- Thus you either change the new code, or try and kludge the old code, or hack around the old code with a whole new bit.
- The original network - I'm sure our technologists wouldn't like this - but it was kludged together through landlines

Origin

1960s: invented word, perhaps influenced by bodge and fudge.

单词	kludge
释义	Definition of kludge in English: kludge (also cludge) noun klʌdʒkluːdʒkludʒ informal 1An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfil a particular purpose. 勉强拼凑的东西 Example sentencesExamples On the corner of Eversholt Street and Euston is a St Pancras New Church, a neo-classical kludge which at the time of its construction in 1822 was the most expensive church building since St Paul's. It wouldn't have been perfect, but it almost certainly would have been better than the kludge we're ending up with. Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable. The vertebrate eye does very well indeed, but it is a kludge. 1.1Computing A machine, system, or program that has been badly put together, especially a clumsy but temporarily effective solution to a particular fault or problem. Example sentencesExamples It's a kludge, but at least the page loads normally now. I speak as someone who's written code to do this, by the way - it always smelled like a kludge to me, and now I understand why. Google has struggled to maintain the integrity of its search results ever since, with recent kludges blocking millions of results. And it's hard to imagine any IS department tolerating kludges such as this. Usually some mechanism exists to export and import data between a database and an SPC / SQC system - even if that mechanism is a kludge involving a text-file transfer. verbklʌdʒkluːdʒkludʒ [with object]informal Improvise or put together from an ill-assorted collection of parts. Hugh had to kludge something together 休不得不七拼八凑地装配一个东西。 Example sentencesExamples It's well worth taking the time to add extra comments and clean up any kludged code. The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged. Thus you either change the new code, or try and kludge the old code, or hack around the old code with a whole new bit. One can add a middle initial, but this is just kludging it. I initially coded the blog's template by kludging together a lot of stuff without really knowing what I was doing. The original network - I'm sure our technologists wouldn't like this - but it was kludged together through landlines So there is nothing that the Google desktop offers I can't already kludge. Origin 1960s: invented word, perhaps influenced by bodge and fudge. Rhymes huge, luge, scrooge, smoodge, stooge Definition of kludge in US English: kludge (also cludge, kluge) nounklo͞ojkludʒ informal 1An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose. 勉强拼凑的东西 Example sentencesExamples The vertebrate eye does very well indeed, but it is a kludge. Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable. It wouldn't have been perfect, but it almost certainly would have been better than the kludge we're ending up with. On the corner of Eversholt Street and Euston is a St Pancras New Church, a neo-classical kludge which at the time of its construction in 1822 was the most expensive church building since St Paul's. 1.1Computing A machine, system, or program that has been badly put together. 〔计算机〕勉强凑合的组装机；勉强拼装的系统；勉强拼凑的程序 Example sentencesExamples It's a kludge, but at least the page loads normally now. Usually some mechanism exists to export and import data between a database and an SPC / SQC system - even if that mechanism is a kludge involving a text-file transfer. And it's hard to imagine any IS department tolerating kludges such as this. Google has struggled to maintain the integrity of its search results ever since, with recent kludges blocking millions of results. I speak as someone who's written code to do this, by the way - it always smelled like a kludge to me, and now I understand why. verbklo͞ojkludʒ [with object]informal Use ill-assorted parts to make (something) （用七拼八凑的零部件）组装 Hugh had to kludge something together 休不得不七拼八凑地装配一个东西。 Example sentencesExamples One can add a middle initial, but this is just kludging it. It's well worth taking the time to add extra comments and clean up any kludged code. So there is nothing that the Google desktop offers I can't already kludge. I initially coded the blog's template by kludging together a lot of stuff without really knowing what I was doing. The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged. Thus you either change the new code, or try and kludge the old code, or hack around the old code with a whole new bit. The original network - I'm sure our technologists wouldn't like this - but it was kludged together through landlines Origin 1960s: invented word, perhaps influenced by bodge and fudge.
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