rickety 英 [ˈrɪkəti]   美 [ˈrɪkɪti]

rickety

rickety  英 [ˈrɪkəti] 美 [ˈrɪkɪti]

adj. 摇晃的;虚弱的;患佝偻病的 

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

  • Something rickety — like an old shack — is shaky and likely to fall down because it's fragile.
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  • adj. 摇晃的;虚弱的;患佝偻病的
  • 1. The chair is a bit rickety [shaky].

    这椅子有点摇晃。

  • 2. 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。

  • 3. 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。

  • 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.
rick·ety / ˈrɪkəti ; NAmE ˈrɪkəti / adjective not strong or well made; likely to break 不结实的;不稳固的;易折断的 a rickety chair 摇摇晃晃的椅子 rick·ety / ˈrɪkəti ; NAmE ˈrɪkəti /
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