rickety

英 [ˈrɪkəti]

美 [ˈrɪkəti]

adj.  不结实的; 不稳固的; 易折断的

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BNC.20514 / COCA.14346

牛津词典

adj.

• 不结实的；不稳固的；易折断的
  not strong or well made; likely to break
  1. a rickety chair
     摇摇晃晃的椅子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （结构、家具）摇摇晃晃的，摇摇欲坠的，不牢固的
  Aricketystructure or piece of furniture is not very strong or well made, and seems likely to collapse or break.
  1. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.
     莫娜爬上了摇摇晃晃的木楼梯。

英英释义

adj

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  1. a feeble old woman
  2. her body looked sapless
  Synonym:decrepitdebilefeebleinfirmsaplessweakweakly
• inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  1. a rickety table
  2. a wobbly chair with shaky legs
  3. the ladder felt a little wobbly
  4. the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
  Synonym:shakywobblywonky
• affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
  1. rickety limbs and joints
  2. a rachitic patient
  Synonym:rachitic

双语例句

• When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged.
  电灯保险丝断了，家具因榫头运动而东倒西歪了，水管堵塞了。
• The bed is rickety [ unstable].
  这床不牢。
• As Dorian hurried up its three rickety steps, the heavy odour of opium met him.
  道林快步走上那三级不住晃动的梯级时，闻到了浓重的***烟味。
• I feel the ground tremble, the trees in the rickety, glass on panes.
  我感觉大地在颤抖，树木在摇晃，玻璃在作响。
• Practice session over, we make our way down to the beach, finishing our journey down to the shore with a rickety ladder and rope.
  练习结束，我们艰难地下到海滩，完成了利用摇晃的梯子和绳子下到海滨的旅程。
• The chair is a bit rickety ( or shaky).
  这椅子有点儿摇晃。
• We had to climb some rickety old steps.
  我们只得爬摇摇欲坠的旧楼梯。
• In the front room upstairs were three rickety beds with no mosquito nets and a single square table.
  楼上的前楼摆着三只没有蚊帐的破床，却只有一张方桌子。
• 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。
• He rides a rickety old bicycle.
  他骑一辆摇摇晃晃的破车。