形容词连接处不牢固的，快要散架的
形容词
1. I was working at a rickety table.
我正在一张摇摇拔晃的桌子边工作。
1. 驼背的：rickettsia 伤寒病原体 | rickety 驼背的 | rickey 混合饮料
2. 佝偻的驼背的：ramshackle摇摇欲坠a | rickety佝偻的驼背的 | rancid恶臭的a
3. 摇晃的：anxiety 焦虑,忧虑;渴望 | rickety 摇晃的 | thrifty 节俭的;兴旺的
4. 软骨病的：rickets 软骨病 | rickety 软骨病的 | rot 腐烂
1. （结构、家具）摇摇晃晃的，摇摇欲坠的，不牢固的
A rickety structure or piece of furniture is not very strong or well made, and seems likely to collapse or break.
e.g. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.
莫娜爬上了摇摇晃晃的木楼梯。
1. Rickety hotels with poor plumbing and a lack of certainty in regard to normal amenities like hot water are becoming the norm these days.
2. The world's most wanted man watched newscasts of himself from a tiny television perched atop a rickety old desk cluttered with wires.
3. These tower houses look frail and rickety, but actually they are very strong.
4. They set sail in small and rickety boasts seeking for better life but unfortunately, many lost their lives in the sea before reaching the lands of dreams.
5. As soon as his stop arrives, he takes off his tie and walks to his rickety second hand motorbike parked nearby.
6. rickety的解释
6. If you drive a rickety car, you cannot get into the fast lane.
7. Big banks posted ugly numbers and told investors they were still struggling with rickety balance sheets.
8. The agency's top spacewalk officer had compared it to painting a house from the top of a rickety ladder.
9. Malaysia has also caught dozens of people embarking on rickety and overcrowded boats to Australia.
adj
1. rickety
1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
e.g. a feeble old woman
her body looked sapless
Synonym: decrepit debile feeble infirm sapless weak weakly
2. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
e.g. 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
3. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
e.g. rickety limbs and joints
a rachitic patient
Synonym: rachitic