[むようのちょうぶつ, muyounochoubutsu] (exp) useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
boondoggle \boon"dog*gle\ v.
to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
boondoggle \boon"dog*gle\ v.
1. a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for
various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.
2. a useless, wasteful, or impractical project; -- especially
one authorized by a government agency as a favor to
partisans, to employ unemployed people, or in return for
corrupt payments.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boondoggle
n 1: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
v 1: do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
