makeshift
US /ˈmekˌʃɪft/
・UK /ˈmeɪkʃɪft/
B2TOEIC
adj.AdjectiveThat only serves as something temporarily
Since the makeshift camp was set up, several people have died, and a number of babies have been born
n.NounA temporary substitute.
The refugees lived in makeshift camps.
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Attending School In A Different Country | April 6, 2022
- Chinese social media showing this chaotic scene at a makeshift hospital in Shanghai.
Chinese social media showing this chaotic scene at a makeshift hospital in Shanghai.
- At a makeshift hospital in shanghai.
At a makeshift hospital in shanghai.
走進緬甸震央曼德勒：瀰漫腐屍味的絕望之城－ BBC News 中文
- Parks and spaces all over the city have become makeshift camps for those displaced by the earthquake.
Parks and spaces all over the city have become makeshift camps for those displaced by the earthquake.
- Parks and spaces all over the city have become makeshift camps for those displaced by the earthquake.
Parks and spaces all over the city have become makeshift camps for those displaced by the earthquake.
Busan Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia (4K)
- Pusan's refugees first filled the portside areas before building hundreds of makeshift homes on the steep barren hills around the city.
Pusan's refugees first filled the portside areas before building hundreds of makeshift homes on the steep barren hills around the city.
- before building hundreds of makeshift homes on the steep barren hills around the city.
before building hundreds of makeshift homes on the steep barren hills around the city.
Hundreds missing after devastating fire in world’s biggest refugee camp - BBC News
- Each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut.
Each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut.
- Each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut.
Each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut.
How Gross Are We Actually?
- Once I've run out of underwear, swimwear, and anything else that can be used as makeshift underwear.
Once I've run out of underwear, swimwear, and anything else that can be used as makeshift underwear.
- Once I've run out of underwear, swimwear, and anything else that can be used as makeshift underwear.
Once I've run out of underwear, swimwear, and anything else that can be used as makeshift underwear.
Fighting Druze in Syria could return, Bedouins tell BBC | BBC News
- At this schoolyard turned makeshift shelter, Bedouin families are waiting for aid.
At this schoolyard turned makeshift shelter, Bedouin families are waiting for aid.
- At this schoolyard-turned-makeshift shelter, Bedouin families are waiting for aid.
At this schoolyard-turned-makeshift shelter, Bedouin families are waiting for aid.
Cher on 60 Years of Fame: Music, Movies & Giving Back
- Well, one time I was in Germany and I was watching TV and there was this really nice Scottish couple who had gone on vacation in Africa and they had seen these kids in these makeshift cardboard boxes going to school.
Well, one time I was in Germany and I was watching TV and there was this really nice Scottish couple who had gone on vacation in Africa and they had seen these kids in these makeshift cardboard boxes going to school.
- and they had seen these kids in these makeshift cardboard boxes going to school.
and they had seen these kids in these makeshift cardboard boxes going to school.
Nightclub fire kills 25 in Goa, India, officials say | BBC News
- These are also makeshift clubs that pop up during the busy holiday season.
These are also makeshift clubs that pop up during the busy holiday season.
- These are also makeshift clubs that pop up during the busy holiday season, so we are waiting for the formal inquiry to be over to get answers on that.
These are also makeshift clubs that pop up during the busy holiday season, so we are waiting for the formal inquiry to be over to get answers on that.
Top 20 Movies That Were WAY Ahead of Their Time
- A collection of diverse people stay in a location, board up the entry points and assemble an arsenal of makeshift weapons.
A collection of diverse people stay in a location, board up the entry points and assemble an arsenal of makeshift weapons.
- and assemble an arsenal of makeshift weapons.
and assemble an arsenal of makeshift weapons.
Things to do in Nevada Travel Guide | USA Road Trip 2017
- The original mailbox was stolen a few years back so this is kind of a makeshift pit stop nowadays.
The original mailbox was stolen a few years back so this is kind of a makeshift pit stop nowadays.
- The original mailbox was stolen a few years
back, so this is kind of a makeshift pit stop
The original mailbox was stolen a few years back, so this is kind of a makeshift pit stop