ramshackle

英 [ˈræmʃækl]

美 [ˈræmʃækl]

adj.  摇摇欲坠的; 破烂不堪的; 组织松散(不能持久)的; 行将瓦解的

过去分词：ramshackled　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18765 / COCA.17157

牛津词典

adj.

• 摇摇欲坠的；破烂不堪的
  in a very bad condition and needing repair
• 组织松散（不能持久）的；行将瓦解的
  badly organized or designed and not likely to last very long

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （建筑）破烂不堪的，摇摇欲坠的
  Aramshacklebuilding is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down.
  1. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
     他们进了商店，那是幢年久失修的奇特建筑。
• ADJ-GRADED （系统、联盟、收集物等）草率组合成的，拼凑的
  Aramshacklesystem, union, or collection of things has been put together without much thought and is not likely to work very well.
  1. They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels.
     他们和一个由其他反叛者草草拼凑成的同盟联起手来。
  2. ...the present tax system, which the opposition says is ramshackle and complicated.
     被反对派批评为草率且复杂的现行税收体系

英英释义

adj

• in deplorable condition
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
  Synonym:bedraggledbroken-downderelictdilapidatedtatterdemaliontumble-down

双语例句

• A ramshackle cabin in the woods.
  一条小河蜿蜒地流过树林。
• The trailer features the botanist who saves the world from the zombie onslaught, as well as the man's ramshackle time machine, and Plants vs. Zombies 2 will take players through levels in past and future eras.
  本次的预告片中，新出现了一位保护世界防止僵尸攻击的植物学家，还有他那破旧不堪的时光机器。《植物大战僵尸2》的玩家可以在游戏中穿越时空。
• His colleagues were a ramshackle bunch.
  他的同事是一帮衰迈不堪的人。
• They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
  他们进了商店，那是幢年久失修的奇特建筑。
• They lived in a ramshackle little house near the forest.
  他们住在离森林不远的一所小破房子里。
• The Burrow includes a rather large, ramshackle house, a garage, a garden with a small lake, and yards surrounded by hedges.
  陋居包括一座相当大，摇摇欲坠的房子，一间车库，一座带有个小湖的花园，和被树篱围成的院子。
• Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
  他们第一辆车破烂不堪。
• On the far bank there was a ramshackle one-room brick house, where three of the farmers lived& a husband, wife and teenage son.
  在远处的河岸，有一间摇摇欲坠的砖头房子，里面有一只照明的电灯泡，那里住着三个农民&丈夫、妻子和十几岁的儿子。
• This ramshackle structure seems unlikely to solve the Iceland problem and will create many others, although it will allow supervisors to accumulate frequent flier miles at a rapid rate.
  这种粗糙的结构似乎不太可能解决冰岛问题，还将引发其它许多问题，尽管它会让监督者迅速积累飞行里程。
• A ramshackle antediluvian tenement; antediluvian ideas; archaic laws.
  一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋；陈旧的思想；古代法律。