英语词汇“decrepit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	decrepit
释义	Trends of decrepit View usage for: decrepit (dɪkrepɪt) adjective Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station. Synonyms: ruined, broken-down, battered, crumbling More Synonyms of decrepit decrepit in British English (dɪˈkrɛpɪt) adjective 1. enfeebled by old age; infirm 2. broken down or worn out by hard or long use; dilapidated Derived forms decrepitly (deˈcrepitly) adverb decrepitude (deˈcrepiˌtude) or decrepitness (deˈcrepitness) noun Word origin C15: from Latin dēcrepitus, from crepāre to creak decrepit in American English (diˈkrɛpɪt; dɪˈkrɛpɪt) adjective broken down or worn out by old age, illness, or long use SIMILAR WORDS: weak Derived forms decrepitly (deˈcrepitly) adverb Word origin ME & OFr < L decrepitus < de-, intens. + crepitus, pp. of crepare, to creak, rattle (in LL, to burst, die): see craven Examples of 'decrepit' in a sentence decrepit We will still grow old and decrepit and die of other things. Times, Sunday Times (2015) English liberals took a decrepit old system and reformed it from within by stressing efficiency and freedom. Times, Sunday Times (2014) How did he find so many decrepit buildings to work on? Times, Sunday Times (2006) Some might say old and decrepit. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Oh, to be aged and decrepit. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The presenters are forced to cross the wilds of Burma in decrepit old lorries and then complete a challenge. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The triangular island was a closed military area in Soviet times but today is a wasteland of decrepit buildings. Times, Sunday Times (2006) And she left him standing there feeling like a decrepit old geezer because he didn't have any body art. The Sun (2016) The place held no terrors, despite the fact that here were a dozen houses so decrepit as to be almost unrecognisable. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This is a very small house and I do not need more decrepit old chairs. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Like so many places on the island, it's filled with old and slightly decrepit buildings. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This consisted of the most old-fashioned disco you could imagine - in a decrepit building in the middle of nowhere. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Most of what makes you unhappy and disturbs you will therefore be dead before you are, since much of it is older and more decrepit than you. Stanley Bing THROWING THE ELEPHANT (2002) (adjective) in the sense of ruined Definition weakened or worn out by age or long use The film was shot in a decrepit police station. Synonyms ruined a ruined church broken-down battered a battered leather suitcase crumbling rundown a rundown block of flats deteriorated decaying beat-up (informal) shabby a rather shabby Naples hotel worn-out ramshackle a curious ramshackle building dilapidated She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. antiquated rickety She climbed the rickety wooden stairway. weather-beaten tumbledown bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages Additional synonyms in the sense of battered a battered leather suitcase Synonyms damaged, broken-down, wrecked, beat-up (informal), ramshackle, dilapidated in the sense of dilapidated Definition (of a building) having fallen into ruin She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. Synonyms ruined, fallen in, broken-down, battered, neglected, crumbling, rundown, decayed, decaying, falling apart, beat-up (informal), shaky, shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, in ruins, rickety, decrepit, tumbledown, uncared for, gone to rack and ruin in the sense of ramshackle Definition badly made or cared for a curious ramshackle building Synonyms rickety, broken-down, crumbling, shaky, unsafe, derelict, flimsy, tottering, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, tumbledown, jerry-built Nearby words of decrepit decrease decreasingly decree decrepit decrepitude decry dedicate Synonyms of 'decrepit' decrepit Explore 'decrepit' in the dictionary
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