rickety

Word family adverbricketilynounricketinessricketsadjectiverickety

rick·et·y /ˈrɪkəti/ adjectiveadj

CONDITION/STATE OF somethinga rickety structure or piece of furniture is in very bad condition, and likely to break easily 〔结构或家具〕快要散架的，摇摇晃晃的

a rickety old wooden chair

一把摇摇晃晃的旧木椅

a rickety bridge

一座摇摇欲坠的桥

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Examples from the Corpus

rickety• The staircase was old and rickety.• It was a rather rickety affair that creaked embarrassingly when I sat down in it and ever after when I moved.• a rickety bamboo fence• In the early 1970s, Ford introduced a rickety compact called the Maverick.• On icy winter mornings, they bathe in foot tubs before the open flame of a rickety gas heater.• And despite the rickety infrastructure, computer networks are growing fast.• They sat around the card table on rickety old chairs.• A blur of rickety shops does heavy business seven days a week.• It evokes a precarious world which is so rickety that it may, at any time, collapse.• They rode in the rickety wagon across the prairie until they reached a railroad track.• Suddenly, borne across the bridge on the muddy tide, came a rickety wooden construction like a toolshed.• We climbed up two flights of rickety wooden stairs.

Origin rickety

(1600-1700) rickets

词汇	rickety
释义	rickety Word family adverbricketilynounricketinessricketsadjectiverickety rick·et·y /ˈrɪkəti/ adjectiveadj CONDITION/STATE OF somethinga rickety structure or piece of furniture is in very bad condition, and likely to break easily 〔结构或家具〕快要散架的，摇摇晃晃的 a rickety old wooden chair 一把摇摇晃晃的旧木椅 a rickety bridge 一座摇摇欲坠的桥 ► see thesaurus at weak Examples from the Corpus rickety• The staircase was old and rickety.• It was a rather rickety affair that creaked embarrassingly when I sat down in it and ever after when I moved.• a rickety bamboo fence• In the early 1970s, Ford introduced a rickety compact called the Maverick.• On icy winter mornings, they bathe in foot tubs before the open flame of a rickety gas heater.• And despite the rickety infrastructure, computer networks are growing fast.• They sat around the card table on rickety old chairs.• A blur of rickety shops does heavy business seven days a week.• It evokes a precarious world which is so rickety that it may, at any time, collapse.• They rode in the rickety wagon across the prairie until they reached a railroad track.• Suddenly, borne across the bridge on the muddy tide, came a rickety wooden construction like a toolshed.• We climbed up two flights of rickety wooden stairs. Origin rickety (1600-1700) rickets
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