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rickety

/ˈrɪkɪti

adjective

1(Of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse: we went carefully up the rickety stairs figurative a rickety banking system...

That would put an enormous stress on the rickety structure of Australia's political parties.
But you did actually go back and ascend this rather rickety structure and made some interesting discoveries.
And despite the best efforts of the socialist government, large-scale commercialisation overshadows the country's rickety network of tour operators.

Synonyms

shaky, unsteady, unsound, unsafe, tottering, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating, tumbledown, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit

informal shambly, geriatric

North American informal shacky

Australian/New Zealand informal rumpty

2Affected by rickets: poverty was evident in undernourished faces or rickety legs

Derivatives

ricketiness

noun ...

Although its technology is state-of-the-art, the impression of ricketiness gives you a real old-time thrill.

Origin

Late 17th century: from rickets + -y¹.

Rickety is based on mid 17th-century rickets, a disease in children due to vitamin D deficiency, causing bow legs, a name with an obscure origin.

单词	rickety
释义	rickety /ˈrɪkɪti / adjective 1(Of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse: we went carefully up the rickety stairs figurative a rickety banking system... That would put an enormous stress on the rickety structure of Australia's political parties. But you did actually go back and ascend this rather rickety structure and made some interesting discoveries. And despite the best efforts of the socialist government, large-scale commercialisation overshadows the country's rickety network of tour operators. Synonyms shaky, unsteady, unsound, unsafe, tottering, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating, tumbledown, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit informal shambly, geriatric North American informal shacky Australian/New Zealand informal rumpty 2Affected by rickets: poverty was evident in undernourished faces or rickety legs Derivatives ricketiness noun ... Although its technology is state-of-the-art, the impression of ricketiness gives you a real old-time thrill. Origin Late 17th century: from rickets + -y¹. Rickety is based on mid 17th-century rickets, a disease in children due to vitamin D deficiency, causing bow legs, a name with an obscure origin. Rhymes pernickety
随便看	inexpensiveness inexperience inexperienced inexpert inexpertise inexpertly inexpertness inexpiable inexpiably inexplicability inexplicable inexplicably inexplicit inexpressible inexpressibly inexpressive inexpressively inexpressiveness inexpugnable inextensible in extenso inextinguishable in extremis inextricability inextricable

rickety

Derivatives

ricketiness

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