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单词 ramshackle
释义 ram·shackle
I. \ˈramˌshakəl, ˈraam-\ adjective
Etymology: short for earlier ramshackled, alteration of ransackled, from past participle of obsolete ransackle to ransack, freq. of ransack
1. : appearing as if ready to collapse : dilapidated, rickety
 < once imposing though now ramshackle roof — Ellen Glasgow >
 < mounted on a ramshackle horse — W.F.Starkie >
 < a dirty ramshackle pier — George Santayana >
2. : having little moral sense : dissipated, unruly
 < worrying about the ramshackle morality of … adolescents — John McCarten >
 < I may be getting ramshackle — H.G.Wells >
3. : carelessly or loosely constructed
 < the plot is innocent and ramshackle — Wolcott Gibbs >
 < the book is a ramshackle affair — J.A.Michener >
II. noun
: a ramshackle thing
 < here in the faded ramshackle — Carl Sandburg >
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