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

• The chair is rickety.
  椅子直活动。
• This entire rickety structure was hanging from the limb of an enormous leafy tree.
  这整个快要散架的搭建物吊挂在一棵枝繁叶茂的大树的枝杈上。
• At8 o'clock Saturday morning, I was going through the same rickety door of Mike's house.
  星期六早上8点，我又穿过了迈克家那扇摇晃着的大门。
• The rickety bridge is one that's kind of a rope bridge.
  摆桥是索桥的一种。
• Rickety and uncomfortable old bicycle or car
  （摇晃而使人难受的）旧自行车或汽车
• Though the bridge is a bit rickety, there is no immediate danger in walking over it.
  桥虽然有点摇晃，但在上面走还不会有什么危险。
• I had built a rather rickety hut.
  我盖好了一间不太牢固的小屋。
• 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。
• On the rickety bridge you're swaying in the breeze hundreds of feet above the water, the bridge seems unstable.
  在摇摇摆摆的桥上面，你在几百尺高的水上悬着，在微风中荡来荡去，桥似乎也不稳。