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

adj

Is your house in terrible condition? Does the roof leak? Is it half tumbling down? Congratulations! It's ramshackle — in other words, in terrible condition and barely holding together.

If you think there's a similarity between a place that's been ransacked and a place that's ramshackle, you'd be right. Ramshackle comes from ransackle, an old nineteenth century term for ransack. Although ramshackle is usually intended as a negative term, that's not always the case. Sometimes it can imply a certain cute picturesque quality. Buildings, places, and even some objects such as cars can be considered ramshackle.

WORD FAMILY

ramshackle: ramshackly

USAGE EXAMPLES

The neighborhood’s most ramshackle buildings are bulwarks against gentrification because they contain some of Seattle’s least-expensive market-rate units, he says.

Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)

The most desperate set off in ramshackle fishing boats for Thailand and Malaysia, many perishing in the Bay of Bengal.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016)

Peeking into a once-grand entryway, now draped in poverty, I saw a ramshackle spiral staircase leading into what seemed like a dark attic.

Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016)

adj in deplorable condition

a ramshackle old pier

Syn

bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down
damaged

harmed or injured or spoiled

单词	ramshackle
释义	ramshackle (once / 6754 pages) adj Is your house in terrible condition? Does the roof leak? Is it half tumbling down? Congratulations! It's ramshackle — in other words, in terrible condition and barely holding together. If you think there's a similarity between a place that's been ransacked and a place that's ramshackle, you'd be right. Ramshackle comes from ransackle, an old nineteenth century term for ransack. Although ramshackle is usually intended as a negative term, that's not always the case. Sometimes it can imply a certain cute picturesque quality. Buildings, places, and even some objects such as cars can be considered ramshackle. WORD FAMILY ramshackle: ramshackly USAGE EXAMPLES The neighborhood’s most ramshackle buildings are bulwarks against gentrification because they contain some of Seattle’s least-expensive market-rate units, he says. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The most desperate set off in ramshackle fishing boats for Thailand and Malaysia, many perishing in the Bay of Bengal. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) Peeking into a once-grand entryway, now draped in poverty, I saw a ramshackle spiral staircase leading into what seemed like a dark attic. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj in deplorable condition a ramshackle old pier Syn bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down damaged harmed or injured or spoiled
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