rickety
英['r?k?t?]
美['r?k?ti]
- adj. 搖晃的；虛弱的；患佝僂病的
中文詞源
rickety 不穩固的
來自 rickets,佝僂病，-y,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.
- 他跟著她上了一段搖搖晃晃的樓梯，來到了一間邋遢的臥室起居室兩用房間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.
- 莫娜爬上了搖搖晃晃的木樓梯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.
- 走過這座搖搖晃晃的橋時他小心翼翼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The rickety barn needs repairing.
- 這個東倒西歪的糧倉該修理了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The chair is a bit rickety [ shaky ] .
- 這椅子有點 搖晃.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》