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DIY
不带宾语，常表示自己动手做家居维修或装饰等活儿。
He'd rather DIY than hire a carpenter.
他宁愿自己动手，也不请木匠。
自己动手（做）；自己制作
DIY-ing — present participle of diy · irregular form
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自己动手（做）；自己制作
to do or make something yourself rather than paying someone else to do it
He'd rather DIY than hire a carpenter.
他宁愿自己动手，也不请木匠。
亲自完成通常由专家处理的任务。
To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
DIY
Base
原形
DIYs
3rd person
第三人称单数
DIYing
-ing
现在分词
DIYed
Past
过去式
DIYed
Past participle
过去分词
I often DIY on weekends.
我周末经常自己动手做修理。
She DIYed the bathroom last month.
她上个月自己动手装修了浴室。
They have DIYed their living room.
他们自己动手装修了客厅。
DIY 是 do-it-yourself 的缩写；作动词时表示自己动手做或修理，过去式和过去分词为 DIYed，进行时可写作 DIYing 或 DIY-ing。
Tom usually DIYs his garden fence rather than hiring someone.
汤姆通常自己动手做花园栅栏，而不是雇人来做。
We DIYed the bookshelves in the study last weekend and saved a lot of money.
上周末我们亲自动手做了书房的书架，省了不少钱。
I am DIYing a wooden toy box for my niece.
我正在亲自动手为侄女做一个木玩具箱。
不带宾语，常表示自己动手做家居维修或装饰等活儿。
He'd rather DIY than hire a carpenter.
他宁愿自己动手，也不请木匠。
带宾语，过去式和过去分词为 DIYed；现在分词也可写作 DIY-ing。
She DIYed the curtains for the living room.
她自己动手做了客厅的窗帘。
Not this
I did a DIY yesterday.
Use this
I did some DIY yesterday.
DIY 作名词时是不可数名词，指“自己动手做的活动”，不能说 a DIY；表达“做点动手活儿”用 do some DIY。
Not this
This is a DIY cake.
Use this
This is a homemade cake.
DIY 作形容词表示“供自己动手做的/需自己组装的”，如 a DIY kit；描述“自己亲手做的”成果应用 homemade 或 handmade。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
做些自己动手的活儿（如修理、装修）
I plan to do some DIY this weekend.
我打算这周末做些自己动手的活儿。
自己动手做的项目
They're working on a DIY project to build a garden shed.
他们正在做一个自己动手做的项目，打算建一个花园棚屋。
DIY 用品店
She bought paint and tools at the local DIY store.
她在当地的 DIY 用品店买了油漆和工具。
DIY 爱好者
As a DIY enthusiast, he spends most weekends on home improvements.
作为一个 DIY 爱好者，他大多数周末都在做家居装修。
自己动手的技能
Learning basic DIY skills can save you a lot of money.
学习基本的自己动手技能能帮你省很多钱。
西方常见谚语，强调亲手做事的重要，也是 DIY 理念的核心表达。
If you can't find a good plumber, you might just have to DIY the repair.
如果你找不到好水管工，你可能只能自己动手修了。
朋克文化中的经典口号，意为“自己动手，否则死路一条”，主张不依赖主流制作体系。
Many punk musicians adopted a DIY or die attitude and released albums on their own labels.
许多朋克音乐人秉持“自己动手，否则完蛋”的态度，在自己的厂牌发行专辑。
Use DIY-ing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 DIY 拆成 Do It Yourself 的首字母：D=do，I=it，Y=yourself，联想成“自己动手做”。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常交流、家居装修、手工制作 DIY 表示自己动手做或修理，多用于日常对话、社交媒体和教程中，语气比较随意。较正式场合也可使用，但一般日常语境中更常见。
These words all end with the /aɪ/ sound and rhyme with the letter name Y (/waɪ/), which is the final sound of DIY as pronounced letter by letter (/ˌdiː aɪ ˈwaɪ/). Note that 'diy' is not a single syllable like 'die' (/daɪ/); it is the initials D-I-Y, so pronounce it as three separate letters.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.