• adj. 搖晃的；虛弱的；患佝僂病的

來自 rickets,佝僂病，-y,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。

rickety (adj.)

"liable to fall down," 1680s, from rickets (with + -y (2)), via notion of "weak, unhealthy." Literal sense is from c. 1720 but never common in English. Of material things, from 1799.

1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.

他跟著她上了一段搖搖晃晃的樓梯，來到了一間邋遢的臥室起居室兩用房間。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.

莫娜爬上了搖搖晃晃的木樓梯。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.

走過這座搖搖晃晃的橋時(shí)他小心翼翼.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. The rickety barn needs repairing.

這個(gè)東倒西歪的糧倉(cāng)該修理了.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The chair is a bit rickety [ shaky ] .

這椅子有點(diǎn) 搖晃.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》