rickety的意思

rickety

英式音标['rɪkəti]
美式英标['rɪkɪtɪ]

基本解释

adj. 摇晃的；虚弱的；患佝偻病的

中文词源

rickety 不稳固的

来自 rickets,佝偻病，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。

英文词源

rickety (adj.): "liable to fall down," 1680s, from rickets (with + -y (2)), via notion of "weak, unhealthy." Literal sense is from c. 1720 but never common in English. Of material things, from 1799.

实用例句

1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.: 他跟着她上了一段摇摇晃晃的楼梯，来到了一间邋遢的卧室起居室两用房间。

2. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.: 莫娜爬上了摇摇晃晃的木楼梯。

3. He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.: 走过这座摇摇晃晃的桥时他小心翼翼.

4. The rickety barn needs repairing.: 这个东倒西歪的粮仓该修理了.

5. The chair is a bit rickety [ shaky ] .: 这椅子有点摇晃.

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