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单词
decrepitude
释义
decrepit
de‧crep‧it
/
dɪˈkrepɪt
/
adjective
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
decrepit
Origin:
1400-1500
Latin
decrepitus
, from
crepare
‘to make a high cracking sound’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
decrepit
wooden benches
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
He moved fiercely among the
decrepit
houses in his white pyjamas like an angry prophet.
He was in his forties, wore a
decrepit
old blazer and flannels, and had rabbity teeth and a foolish expression.
In the windows of the
decrepit
houses, gas lamps were beginning to be lighted.
One by one, the aged tottered in, each one seemingly more
decrepit
than the one before.
Our battered forecabin now looked like the canopy of some
decrepit
truck jacked up for repairs in some Third World country.
Past the overgrown lawn, through the
decrepit
rose arbour and into the Wilderness.
The inn-hospital is a
decrepit
, single-storied structure.
The latter set about restoring its
decrepit
but largely unaltered state, uncovering the great stone fireplace in the hall.
old and in bad condition
:
The buildings were in a decrepit state.
He was a rather decrepit old man.
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decrepitude
noun
[uncountable]
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