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rick·et·y
rI kih ti
比较级:ricketier或more rickety
最高级:ricketiest或most rickety
ricketiness (n.)
词根:rickets
n.rickets [内科] 佝偻病
ricketiness 摇摆;不牢靠
"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"
"rickety limbs and joints"
"a rachitic patient"
"a feeble old woman"
"her body looked sapless"
"易于崩溃或嘎吱作响",1680年代,由 + -y (2) + rickets 组成,通过“关节虚弱、不健康、虚弱”的概念而来。字面意义始于大约1720年,但在英语中从未普及。对于物质事物,始于1799年。
The first known use of rickety was in 1673
ridverb
to make free : relieve get rid of that junk
rid yourself of worries
rickracknoun
a flat braid woven to form zigzags and used especially as trimming on clothing
ricottanoun
a soft, white Italian cheese
ricochet1 of 2noun
a bouncing off at an angle (as of a bullet off a flat surface)
an object that ricochets
ricochet2 of 2verb
to bounce off at an angle
ricochet1 of 2noun
a bouncing off at an angle (as of a bullet off a flat surface)
an object that ricochets
ricochet2 of 2verb
to bounce off at an angle
ricochet1 of 2noun
a bouncing off at an angle (as of a bullet off a flat surface)
an object that ricochets
ricochet2 of 2verb
to bounce off at an angle
rickshawnoun
a small hooded carriage with two wheels that is pulled by one person and was used originally in Japan
rickshawnoun
a small hooded carriage with two wheels that is pulled by one person and was used originally in Japan
ricknoun
a stack or pile (as of hay) in the open air
ricketyadjective
in weak physical condition
a rickety old man
unsound sense 3, shaky
a rickety wagon
ricketyadjective
affected with rickets : rachitic
1 Under the critical eye of Redtooth a band of rodents was gnawing off a length of planking from a rickety lych-gate fence at the rear of the church.
2 Before they made it off the dance floor, the room filled with a thundering beat that threatened to blow the rickety old sound system to pieces.
3 A rickety metal staircase was bolted to the side of the stack, but it shook and knocked against the scaffolding, so I couldn’t use it without announcing my presence.
4 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.
5 The two beds, two old rickety chairs, one table, the bureau missing a drawer—nothing.
6 Harry and Ron edged out of the kitchen, and they, Hermione, and Ginny set off along the narrow hallway and up the rickety staircase that zigzagged through the house to the upper stories.
7 The men sat on rickety folding chairs in the yard.
8 I was working a rickety table.
我正在一张“摇摇晃晃”的桌子边工作.
9 The machine roars to life, creaking like a rickety carriage on a cobblestone street.
10 Lifting the aluminum urn out of the trunk, Amit leads me down the bank to the rickety wooden platform.
11 He had a good idea of what to expect: a slow, rickety ride with a jumble of people crammed against one another on old, uncomfortable seats.
他对他所期望乘坐的绿皮车有着美好的印象:在一列缓缓行驶的列车上,人员杂乱、过道拥挤,人们靠着、倚着那破旧的座位。
12 But instead of lying on a bed suited for a king, I'd have preferred to be at home on my rickety pallet with bedding from the discount aisle at Target.
13 And Minli looked down a muddy path that led to a shabby, rickety hut that looked as if the first strong wind would blow it away.
14 When the banks disappeared and small shops in between rickety houses came into view, Ruth pulled the cord.
15 We had to stop and walk a few times, traversing rickety wooden bridges stretching across ponds.
16 “We. We’re going to fix up this rickety heap. You and me.”
17 Our store was a rickety, odd, huge wooden structure that looked like it was held together with toothpicks and glue.
18 Finally, I sit up and throw my covers off, then head for the rickety stairs that lead to the kitchen.
19 At school his back ached from sitting in a stiff chair, and the desks were so rickety it was a challenge to write neatly.
20 But most take rickety public transport or walk.
大多数人还要靠乘坐摇摇晃晃的公交车或者步行。
1 不稳固
2 不稳固的
7 虚弱
asthenic debile low weak tender delicate fragile gone shaky frail feeble cranky weakly impotent infirm imbecile limp-wristed pimping valetudinarian puling rackety impuissant limpsy wankle silly astheny poverty delicacy impotence infirmity frailty asthenia imbecility inanition impuissance wear craze debilitate impoverish knock the stuffing out of marantic wan pale faint puny white-livered impotently frailly weakliness weakness fragility prostration enervation frailness rundown wobbly prostrate banal decrepit weedy bloodless effete peaky namby-pamby debility emaciate enfeeble crazy sick crank pastel rotten powerless sickly shaken adynamic adynamia weakling invalidism slack rot
8 虚弱的
asthenic debile low weak tender delicate fragile gone shaky frail feeble cranky weakly impotent infirm imbecile limp-wristed pimping valetudinarian puling rackety impuissant limpsy wankle silly marantic wan pale faint puny white-livered rundown wobbly prostrate banal decrepit weedy bloodless effete peaky namby-pamby crazy sick crank pastel rotten powerless sickly shaken adynamic weakling
9 摇晃的
rocky staggering shaky Wobbly tippy wavering jiggly rackety waggly staggery wibbly-wobbly cranky jolty wobbly wonky swaying unsteady rattletrap shaken faltering jouncy
10 摇动
crazy rocky shaky agitation wag jounce play quake flicker tremble vacillate totter dodder waggle rock worry WAVE stir sway jig oscillate give a shake
12 摇晃
rocky staggering shaky Wobbly tippy wavering jiggly rackety waggly staggery wibbly-wobbly roll shake rolling quake stagger wobble swag jolt waver teeter jiggle rockiness wintle play swing toss weave reel jelly tremble falter heave totter welter wave wangle cranky jolty sway lurch rock wobbly wonky swaying shakiness joggle jig unsteady rattletrap shimmy agitate shaken faltering jouncy bicker jounce wabble wamble dance dodder
16 无力
weak faint feeble impotent flabby languid washy emasculate enervate impuissant asthenia disability inability paralyse enfeeble
17 蹒跚
staggering doddery doddered staggery reel stagger falter waver lurch waddle totter shamble hirple titubation teeter hobble stot dodder tottery reelingly totteringly roll hitch oscillation rock oscillate toddle
21 摇摇欲坠的
groggy ramshackle dickey tumbledown shacky shambly precarious creaky