dilapidated的意思

dilapidated

基本解释

adj. 荒废的，要塌似的；破坏的

v. 变得荒废（dilapidate的过去分词）

dilapidated 破旧的

di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-lapis, 石头，词源同lapidary, lapis lazuli. 即石头散开，引申义破败的，破旧的。

dilapidated (adj.): "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.

1. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages.: 几架马车仍然在破落的矿村中曲折行进。

2. The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities.: 这房子已破旧不堪,但还可有利用的价值.

5. The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.: 那房子比我上次见到时更破旧了些。