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adj.连接处不牢固导致摇晃的;患软骨病的¹⁰⁰比较级ricketier最高级ricketiest名词ricketiness
摇摆不定结实，稳固
Adjective:
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 affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets;rickety limbs and joints a rachitic patient lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;a feeble old woman her body looked sapless 来自 rickets,佝偻病，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。GRE红宝书ric = mic麦克风, kety = kitty猫: 小kitty拿着大mic－摇摇欲坠的
rick 干草，象干草般身材，rick中间是i象根草，rack中间是a象架子，rock中间是o象石头发音记忆立刻跌 ⇒因为不牢，立刻跌倒近义词 weak弱的rocky岩石的wonky动摇的wobbly摆动的debile虚弱的feeble虚弱的infirm体弱的weakly虚弱地shaky不稳固的decrepit破旧的frangible脆弱的unsteady不稳定的unstable不稳定的insecure不安全的rachitic软骨病的unsound腐烂变质的sapless没有元气的unbalanced精神失常的
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用作形容词The ladder looks ratherrickety.这梯子看起来不怎么牢固。
I was working at aricketytable.我正在一张摇摇晃晃的桌子边工作。adj.unsound, broken-down
同义词 broken,decrepit,derelict,dilapidated,flimsy,ramshackle,shaky,wobblyfeeble,fragile,frail,imperfect,infirm,insecure,jerry-built,precarious,rachitic,rattletrap,rocky,tottering,tottery,tumble-down,unsteady,wavering,weak
反义词 firm,stable,steadyunshaky,sound
decrepitadjective deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age
aged,anile,antiquated,battered,bedraggled,broken-down,creaky,crippled,dilapidated,doddering,effete,feeble,flimsy,fragile,frail,haggard,incapacitated,infirm,insubstantial,old,quavering,ramshackle,run down,seedy,senile,shabby,shaking,superannuated,tacky,threadbare,tired,tottering,tumble-down,unsound,used,wasted,weak,weakly,weather-beaten,worn,worn-out
deterioratedadjective run-down
ramshackle,rickety
dilapidatedadjective falling apart;in ruins
battered,beat-up,broken-down,crumbling,crumbly,crummy,damaged,decayed,decaying,decrepit,derelict,dingy,dog-eared,faded,fallen-in,impaired,in a bad way,in ruins,injured,marred,neglected,old,ramshackle,ratty,raunchy,rickety,rinky-dink,run down,seedy,shabby,shaky,slummy,tacky,threadbare,tumble-down,uncared-for,unimproved,unkempt,used-up,worn-out
flimsyadjective not strong;light, thin
chiffon,cut-rate,decrepit,defective,delicate,diaphanous,feeble,fragile,frail,gauzy,gossamer,house of cards,inadequate,infirm,insubstantial,meager,papery,rickety,rinkydink,shaky,sheer,slapdash,sleazy,slight,superficial,tacky,transparent,unsound,unsubstantial,weak,wobbly
insecureadjective dangerous, precarious
defenseless,exposed,fluctuant,frail,hazardous,immature,insubstantial,loose,open to attack,perilous,rickety,rocky,rootless,shaky,unguarded,unprotected,unreliable,unsafe,unshielded,unsound,unstable,unsteady,vacillating,vulnerable,wavering,weak,wobbly
jerry-builtadjective flimsy
cheap,defective,insubstantial,jerry-rigged,junky,makeshift,ramshackle,rickety,shoddy,slipshod,unsound,unsubstantial He was also always straightening: fluffing pillows, righting picture frames, sliding back bar stools and getting down on his knees to level a rickety table.
此外，总能发现他在整理店中的东西：弹弹枕头、扶正相框、还原酒吧凳，蹲下来弄平摇摇晃晃的桌子。 fortunechina
The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line.
他走路的一双腿摇摇晃晃的，走路的姿态不能保持一条直线，老是朝左边歪着。 hjenglish
The only piece of furniture was a rickety dressing-table with water stains, oil stains, milk stains, black, brown, and white stains, and all kinds of mixed stains.
房间里唯一的家具是一个摇摇晃晃的梳妆台，上面满是水渍、油渍和奶渍，布满了黑色的、棕色的和白色的斑点，各种污渍混在一起。 yeeyan
The rickety state of the public finances also argues against a big fiscal fillip.
公共财政窘迫状态也使政府不可能有大的财政刺激动作。 ecocn
A rifle and a harpoon gun were hanging from the wall of his rickety shack.
在纳希破烂不堪的小屋里，墙上挂着一支步枪和一支鱼叉枪。 yeeyan
Another is the rickety state of back-office plumbing, which was neglected as the market boomed.
另外一个是后台支持的积弱状态，这一点在市场繁荣期被忽视了。 yeeyan
But one of the wheels on his rickety vehicle came perilously loose yesterday.
然而，这台摇摇晃晃的车子其中一个轮子在昨天发生了危险的松动。 ecocn
But there the consensus ends, and their questions begin: Do we need to sustain the rickety Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai in order to achieve that objective?
然而，在这里达成里一致的意见，在这里问题也产生了：我们需要维护科尔扎伊总统的摇摇欲坠的政府来达成那一目标吗？ yeeyan
By the launch site, hordes of shirtless and bikini-clad Western tourists gyrate to deafening techno music, as others hurtle into the river from rickety wooden platforms three stories high.
在震耳欲聋的电子音乐中，成群结队的赤膊人、穿着比基尼的西方游客摇摆着，其它人坐着摇晃木船从三层楼高的水平面冲下。 yeeyan
Even in defeat he may, like Samson, be ready to pull down the pillars of his rickety regime on his hapless people.
即使被击败，他也可能像参孙那样，随时准备拉倒利比亚摇摇欲坠的政权支柱，砸在不幸的本国人民身上。 ecocn
Experts worry that such opportunities to cash in on real estate will give rise to rickety construction projects and badly designed urban planning.
专家们担心过多的资金涌入房地产业，会增加劣质建筑项目和城市建筑中粗制滥造设计的数量。 yeeyan
For years, the death toll has been mounting among Somalis and Ethiopians crossing the Gulf of Aden in rickety smugglers boats.
这些年，在摇晃的偷渡船中横渡亚丁海湾过程中，索马里人和埃塞俄比亚人的死亡数据不断上升。 hjenglish
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。《21世纪大英汉词典》
Near the top he stops at a collection of10 rickety poles stuck into the soil, with corn sacks sagging between them.
快到山顶时他停下了，面前是10根弯曲的插入土里的柱子，玉米袋挂在它们之间。 yeeyan
One by one, they enter a rickety freight elevator, manned by a kind young fellow in a dog collar; he directs them down a long, white hallway.
他们一个接一个地进入到一个破旧不堪的货物升降机中，由一个戴着狗项圈的年轻帅哥来手动控制这台升降机。 yeeyan
Perhaps the biggest challenge will be to pick apart and permanently entomb what remains within the rickety shelter.
也许最大的困难还是去拆解并永久性埋葬摇摇欲坠的旧掩体中的那些残骸。 yeeyan
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。51youcai
Several months earlier his mother had fled Cuba with him for the United States in a rickety boat.
几个月前，他的母亲带着他乘坐一条破旧的小船逃离古巴前往美国。 yeeyan
The site was heavily polluted, littered, deserted, and surrounded by slums and rickety temporary structures that were torn down before the design was commissioned.
这块地污染严重，垃圾满地，被人遗弃，四周是贫民窟和破旧的临时建筑，它们在我们的设计获准通过之前被拆除。 yeeyan
The chair is a bit ricketyshaky.
这椅子有点摇晃。《新英汉大辞典》
The walls and floors are bare concrete, and prisoners lie on stained mattresses. Personal belongings such as cups or books rest on rickety bedside tables.
牢房的墙壁和地板上裸露着混凝土，囚犯睡在肮脏的垫子上，他们的杯子、书等私人物品就放在摇摇晃晃的床头柜上。 huanqiu
Their sheer dedication is underlined by the fact that, in 2005, Simon broke his neck after falling from a rickety wooden bridge in the Brazilian Amazon.
他们的执著可以举个事例来说明：2005年，西蒙在巴西亚马逊河从一条摇摇欲坠的木桥上跌落下来，摔坏了脖子。 yeeyan
Typically, I enter their world by climbing up a rickety, twisting wooden staircase, ducking to avoid bumping my head in the near- total darkness.
我常常在一片漆黑中沿着摇晃曲折的木制楼梯往上走，还要低着头以免撞到什么东西，最后才进入他们的世界。 yeeyan
Yet the foundations of Iran’s ideological state have got no less rickety since last year’s turmoil.
然而，自去年暴乱以来，构成伊朗意识形态的思想基础已经岌岌可危了。 ecocn
You’ve written quite a bit about advanced transportation and cutting- edge transportation. Do you enjoy more of the latest and greatest or are you more a connoisseur of the rickety and the old?
你以前的书里写过不少先进的、划时代的交通工具，你觉得自己更享受哪种交通工具呢，那些最新的、最伟大的还是那些摇摇晃晃地老古董？ yeeyan |