| 单词 | rickety |
| 释义 | rickety (once / 2686 pages) adj Something rickety — like an old shack — is shaky and likely to fall down because it's fragile. Some buildings are sturdy, solid, and strong. Others are rickety: rickety things might blow over from a slight breeze. Rickety things are poorly designed or have just become rickety because of aging. Rickety things tend to shake, which is a sign they might fall apart any second. If you put a heavy load in a rickety cart, you might lost your load! WORD FAMILYrickety: ricketiness USAGE EXAMPLESRickety boats ferry small groups of migrants to Curacao, Bonaire and other Caribbean islands a short distance from Venezuela’s north coast. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) They raised their kids in a hollow nearby in a rickety house with no heat. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) They raised their kids in a hollow nearby in a rickety two-bedroom house with no heat. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj inclined to shake as from weakness or defect a rickety table Syn shaky, wobbly, wonky unstable lacking stability or fixity or firmness 2adj lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality Syn debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly frail physically weak 3adj affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets rickety limbs and joints Syn rachitic ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
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