rickety
UK ['rɪk.ɪ.ti] US [-ə.tˌi] adjective
■in bad condition and therefore weak and likely to break 快要散架的；摇摇晃晃的；不结实的•Careful! That chair's a bit rickety.小心！那把椅子不结实。 •She slowly climbed the rickety wooden steps.她慢慢爬上摇摇欲坠的的木楼梯。 •figurative The recession put a lot of strain on an already rickety economic system.经济衰退期使本来就摇摇欲坠的经济体系雪上加霜。 |