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单词 skunkworks
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Definition of skunkworks in English:

skunkworks

plural nounskʌŋkˈwəːkʃˈskəNGkˌwərks
trademark, informal
  • usually treated as singular An experimental laboratory or department of a company or institution, typically smaller than and independent of its main research division.

    〈美,非正式〉(公司或机构的)研发重地,臭鼬工厂(通常比主要研发部门小,独立于主要研发部门之外)

    this wasn't a short-staffed skunkworks, these were the top research managers
    the most successful collection of such skunkworks cannot alone propel the growth of a large company
    as modifier this was a real skunkworks project
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We used to be a skunkworks,’ he admits, and adds, ‘But we do have a skunkworks within us.’
    • We first confirmed that Intel's Jackson project was slightly more than a skunkworks sideline here, last February in fact.
    • ‘It's a classic example of the skunkworks approach,’ Bovet says.
    • Yamhill is Intel's skunkworks effort to add 64 bit instructions to the x86 line.
    • Microsoft must want Corel's Linux expertise to get the skunkworks Linux Office port flying, right?
    • Apple co-opts the Mozilla code base for a skunkworks native OS X browser that's both super fast and grannie-friendly.
    • Now, thanks to a combination of a skunkworks project within Google, and an enterprising Java developer, Google has done much to close the gap.
    • Leave standard-setting, skunkworks, innovation, and invention to the private sector.
    • Our multimedia skunkworks has experimented with file recovery programs that restore deleted images on removable media.
    • Have you ever noticed how many cool hardware and software products are made by skunkworks operations?
    • The chipset and motherboard are designed by Bechtolsheim's skunkworks team.
    • Another drawback of the skunkworks approach is that it may create a climate of us and them.
    • And Lotus, a skunkworks of clever engineering, was sold.

Origin

1970s (originally used in reference to the research laboratories of the aerospace company Lockheed Martin): allegedly from an association with the Skonk Works, an illegal still in the 'Li'l Abner' comic strip.

Definition of skunkworks in US English:

skunkworks

plural nounˈskəNGkˌwərks
trademark, informal
  • usually treated as singular An experimental laboratory or department of a company or institution, typically smaller than and independent of its main research division.

    〈美,非正式〉(公司或机构的)研发重地,臭鼬工厂(通常比主要研发部门小,独立于主要研发部门之外)

    this wasn't a short-staffed skunkworks, these were the top research managers
    the most successful collection of such skunkworks cannot alone propel the growth of a large company
    as modifier this was a real skunkworks project
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We used to be a skunkworks,’ he admits, and adds, ‘But we do have a skunkworks within us.’
    • Microsoft must want Corel's Linux expertise to get the skunkworks Linux Office port flying, right?
    • Leave standard-setting, skunkworks, innovation, and invention to the private sector.
    • And Lotus, a skunkworks of clever engineering, was sold.
    • Have you ever noticed how many cool hardware and software products are made by skunkworks operations?
    • Now, thanks to a combination of a skunkworks project within Google, and an enterprising Java developer, Google has done much to close the gap.
    • ‘It's a classic example of the skunkworks approach,’ Bovet says.
    • Yamhill is Intel's skunkworks effort to add 64 bit instructions to the x86 line.
    • We first confirmed that Intel's Jackson project was slightly more than a skunkworks sideline here, last February in fact.
    • Our multimedia skunkworks has experimented with file recovery programs that restore deleted images on removable media.
    • Another drawback of the skunkworks approach is that it may create a climate of us and them.
    • Apple co-opts the Mozilla code base for a skunkworks native OS X browser that's both super fast and grannie-friendly.
    • The chipset and motherboard are designed by Bechtolsheim's skunkworks team.

Origin

1970s (originally used in reference to the research laboratories of the aerospace company Lockheed Martin): allegedly from an association with the Skonk Works, an illegal still in the 'Li'l Abner' comic strip.

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