ramshackle

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a. 象要倒的, 摇晃的, 放荡的

发音

US /ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/
AU /ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/

词形变化

ramshackled ramshackles 三单 ramshackles ramshackling ramshackling 现在分词 ramshackled 过去式 ramshackled 过去分词 more ramshackle 比较级 most ramshackle 最高级

别名

ransackle ransackled

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To ransack.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.

    破旧的

    破败的

    毁坏的

    They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.

  2. 2.

    Badly or carelessly organized.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

derelict broken-down dilapidated bedraggled tatterdemalion tumbledown

近义相关 1

damaged

词源

First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).

来源：wiktionary