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单词 rattletrap
释义

rattletrap

noun

rat·​tle·​trap ˈra-tᵊl-ˌtrap How to pronounce rattletrap (audio)
: something rattly or rickety
especially : an old car
rattletrap adjective

Example Sentences

Are you still driving that old rattletrap?
Recent Examples on the Web But the story doesn’t coalesce—to the extent that anything in the rattletrap narrative ever comes together—until the heroine gets a job at a fashionable department store. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 27 May 2021 Given the rattletrap American health care system — which is far, far worse than Italy's — even that would probably not be sufficient. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2020 The raucously rattletrap musical selections add a fitting, pungent quality to this delirium. Duane Bygre, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020 From Pickwick Lake, the Mississippi DFW reports Alabama-rigs, single swimbaits, rattletraps, jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits are all catching pre-spawn bass. Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 23 Mar. 2018 But the daily reality for San Bernardino’s finest is entirely different: a corps savaged by budget cuts, rattletrap equipment, crushing workloads and sunken morale. Michael Wines, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2016 Saugeye have been biting around the rocky points of the main lake, mostly on small silver crankbaits and rattletraps. Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 14 May 2017 In the post-Soviet era, demand for the boxy rattletraps plunged ruinously in the face of foreign competition. Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2016 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

rattletrap

adjective

as in ramshackle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ramshackle
  • tumbledown
  • rickety
  • rackety
  • decaying
  • abandoned
  • decrepit
  • deteriorating
  • deteriorated
  • godforsaken
  • dingy
  • unkept
  • broken-down
  • wrecked
  • desolate
  • forlorn
  • tattered
  • tumbledown
  • dilapidated
  • bedraggled
  • tired
  • worn-out
  • damaged
  • ruined
  • ragged
  • destroyed
  • broken
  • hurt
  • dumpy
  • beat-up
  • injured
  • tatterdemalion
  • mangy
  • impaired
  • neglected
  • scruffy
  • shabby
  • tatty
  • harmed
  • timeworn
  • grungy
  • seedy
  • ratty
  • scrubby
  • tacky
  • threadbare
  • bombed-out
  • down-at-the-heels
  • sleazy
  • run-down
  • down-at-heel
  • miserable
  • dog-eared
  • down-at-the-heel
  • moth-eaten
  • mean
  • down-at-heels

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • new
  • fresh
  • rebuilt
  • brand-new
  • maintained
  • reconstructed
  • spiffy
  • patched
  • spruce
  • mended
  • kept-up
  • cared-for
  • smart
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