If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance.
例句
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise...要做这个,你需要一口带蒸笼篦子的锅,如果没有,就用别的临时凑合一下。The vet had improvised a harness...兽医临时凑成了一副马具。
VERB
即兴表演;即兴演奏;即兴创作
When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak.
例句
I asked her what the piece was and she said, 'Oh, I'm just improvising'...我问她那一段是什么音乐,她说:“噢,我只是即兴弹的。”Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer...理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章,又即兴作了一段祈祷文。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. done or made using whatever is available;
"crossed the river on improvised bridges""the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear""the rock served as a makeshift hammer"