extemporize
vt .
vi . 即席演說,即興演奏,當場作成
即席演說,即興演奏,當場作成
extemporize v 1 :
manage in a makeshift way ;
do with whatever is at hand ;
"
after the hurricane destroyed our house ,
we had to improvise for weeks " [
synonym : {
improvise }, {
extemporize }]
2 :
perform without preparation ; "
he extemporized a speech at the wedding " [
synonym : {
improvise }, {
improvize }, {
ad -
lib },
{
extemporize }, {
extemporise }]
Extemporize \
Ex *
tem "
po *
rize \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Extemporized };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Extemporizing }.]
To speak extempore ;
especially ,
to discourse without special preparation ;
to make an offhand address .
[
1913 Webster ]
Extemporize \
Ex *
tem "
po *
rize \,
v .
t .
To do ,
make ,
or utter extempore or off -
hand ;
to prepare in great haste ,
under urgent necessity ,
or with scanty or unsuitable materials ;
as ,
to extemporize a dinner ,
a costume ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
Themistocles . . .
was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done . --
Jowett (
Thucyd . ).
[
1913 Webster ]
Pitt ,
of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen '
s speech --
Lord Campbell .
[
1913 Webster ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "
extemporize ":
ad -
lib ,
be caught napping ,
be surprised ,
be taken unawares ,
be unprepared ,
cook up ,
dash off ,
do offhand ,
fake ,
go off half -
cocked ,
have no plan ,
improvisate ,
improvise ,
jury -
rig ,
knock off ,
lash up ,
make up ,
play by ear ,
scrap the plan ,
strike off ,
throw off ,
throw together ,
toss off ,
toss out ,
vamp ,
whip up ,
whomp up ,
wing it
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