Ramshackle
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.摇摇欲坠的
- [英] 破烂不堪的 ( almost collapsing)
- [类] ramshackle : soundness / garbled : clarity ( 摇摇欲坠的[东西]不稳固 / 曲解的[东西]不清晰)
- [例] a ramshackle old bus
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: alteration of earlier ransackled, from past participle of obsolete ransackle, frequentative of ransack
- Date: 1830
- 1. appearing ready to collapse ; rickety
- 2. carelessly or loosely constructed <a ramshackle plot>