Rickety

(adj.) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; 'a rickety table'; 'a wobbly chair with shaky legs'; 'the ladder felt a little wobbly'; 'the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky' .

(adj.) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; 'rickety limbs and joints'; 'a rachitic patient' .

弗里达编辑

• It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united strength. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It was a stormy, windy night, such as raises whole squadrons of nondescript noises in rickety old houses. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• We heard a heavy tramp, tramp, tramp on the rickety stairs. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His judgment, however, wanted surgical props; it was rickety. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was like feeding a rickety child on chalk and water gruel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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