Rube Goldberg
/ˌruːbˈgəʊldbɜːg/adjective
- N. Amer. ingeniously or unnecessarily complicated in design or construction〈北美〉(设计或结构)复杂精巧的; 不必要地复杂的:
a Rube Goldberg machine.
复杂精巧的机器。
词源
1950s: from the name of Reuben Goldberg (1883-1970), an American cartoonist whose illustrations often depicted devices with such a complicated design.