| 单词 | ramshackle |
| 释义 | ramshackle (ræmʃækəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A ramshackle system, union, or collection of things has been put together without much thought and is not likely to work very well. They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels. ...the present tax system, which the opposition says is ramshackle and complicated. Collocations: ramshackle house It's a winning fable about a bohemian family who live in a ramshackle house next to an incomplete stretch of motorway. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It's like moving into a ramshackle house and doing it up the way you want. The Sun (2006) I pass a ramshackle house where an old woman pulls feathers from a huge chicken. Times, Sunday Times (2014) His family, who live in a ramshackle house in which five people share a bedroom, said that they had often struggled for money. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 摇摇欲坠的 Japanese: 倒れそうな |
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