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ramshackle

/ram-shak-uhl/US // ˈræmˌʃæk əl //UK // (ˈræmˌʃækəl) //

破烂不堪,残破的,破旧不堪,残破不堪

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house.

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Examples

  • These unique items stand out to scrollers in a sea of content, and their original websites may be as ramshackle as the scam pages, making it difficult to discern the actual source.

  • My fondest moments as a student were in that ramshackle but storied building.

  • Mayorga evokes ramshackle dwellings of her native Colombia and elsewhere with “Beautiful Facade,” a pink-painted cardboard and wood model.

  • Near the charming fishing harbor of Port-en-Bessin is the somewhat ramshackle Musee des Epaves Sous-Marines de Debarquement.

  • They set out a strong set of “best practices” to modernize and improve the ramshackle way our democracy runs elections.

  • Passing this unworkable, ramshackle bill is counterproductive or irrelevant to that task.

  • Houses, some grand, others ramshackle, sit empty, cars in driveways.

  • The main underlying cause of Election Day chaos remains our ramshackle voter registration system.

  • He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'

  • Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.

  • This last as the party rounded a clump of trees and through the rain saw a low, ramshackle cabin ahead of them.

  • In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.

  • This ramshackle thing we're setting up now couldn't even begin to turn out the ties alone.