rickety
英 ['rɪkɪtɪ]
美['rɪkəti]
- 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。
英英释意
- 1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect;
- "a rickety table"
- "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"
- "the ladder felt a little wobbly"
- "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
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.
实用场景例句
- a rickety chair
- 摇摇晃晃的椅子
牛津词典
- Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.
- 莫娜爬上了摇摇晃晃的木楼梯。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She sat down in a rather gingerly fashion on the rickety old chair.
- 她以极为小心翼翼的样子做在那摇摇晃晃的旧椅子上.
期刊摘选
- I saw him padlock the rickety door behind us.
- 我见他在我们背后把摇摇晃晃的门锁上了.
期刊摘选
- I was working at a rickety table.
- 我正在一张摇摇晃晃的桌子边工作.
辞典例句
- At 8 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.
期刊摘选
- And there were babies with thin rickety legs and mothers who could not nurse them.
- 有些婴儿两条腿细得像患伺偻病似的,还有些母亲没奶喂孩子.
飘（部分）
- When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, wives automatically assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
- 当电灯保险丝烧断 、 家具变得摇摇晃晃 、 水管变得堵塞时, 妻子们便会自然而然地认为丈夫总会设法修好的.
《用法词典》
- Though the bridge is a bit rickety, there is no immediate danger.
- 桥虽然有点摇晃, 但还不会马上有危险.
期刊摘选
- South America has unshackled its trade, restructured its rickety banks and tightened its fiscal belt.
- 南美洲开放了贸易, 整顿了自己摇摇欲坠的银行,紧缩了财政开支.
期刊摘选
- He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.
- 走过这座摇摇晃晃的桥时他小心翼翼.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The car proceeded over the rickety bridge with caution.
- 汽车小心地在摇晃的桥上前进.
期刊摘选
- The rickety barn needs repairing.
- 这个东倒西歪的粮仓该修理了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Locals eat and chat on rickety chairs and tables.
- 当地人坐着快要散架的椅子﹑桌子吃喝聊天.
期刊摘选
- Don't use that old cart; it's rickety.
- 不要用那破马车, 因为它摇摇晃晃的.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Casablanca was the terminus of a long, rickety railway line.
- 卡莎布兰卡是一长而软弱的铁路线的终点.
辞典例句
- What it does have can be rickety.
- 现有的运输系统十分脆弱.
期刊摘选
- The chair is a bit rickety [ shaky ] .
- 这椅子有点 摇晃.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Beside me was the eternal rickety night table in which the piss pot is hidden away.
- 我身边便是那张用了不知多久,摇摇晃晃的床头柜,尿盆就藏在这里面.
期刊摘选
- The bed is rickety [ unstable ] .
- 这床不 牢.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I was working a rickety table.
- 我正在一张“摇摇晃晃”的桌子边工作.
期刊摘选
- He was scared to cross the rickety bridge.
- 他害怕过那座摇晃的桥.
辞典例句
- Now, you should know, burning why does the red iron absorb the truth of rickety nail.
- 现在, 你该知道, 烧得通红的磁铁为什么吸不牢铁钉的道理了.
期刊摘选
- Rickety pickety my red hen.
- 可可,我的红色母鸡.
期刊摘选
- The bridge is a bit rickety.
- 这座桥有点儿摇晃.
期刊摘选
- 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。
柯林斯例句