ramshackle

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 rămʹshăk'əl

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To ransack. obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
    — They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
  2. Badly or carelessly organized.
    — So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold at times.

词形变化

more ramshackle comparative most ramshackle superlative ramshackles present,singular,third-person ramshackling participle,present ramshackled participle,past ramshackled past

词汇关系

近义词
shabby tacky scroungy beat beat up beaten up bedraggled broken-down crumbling derelict dilapidated draggled neglected ramshackle ruinous run-down seedy tatterdemalion timeworn tumbledown
反义词
intact in good repair like new rustless spick-and-span thrifty unbroken undamaged unimpaired untainted well-kept well-preserved
上位词
abandoned cheerless dangerous deteriorated broken jagged tattered
下位词
rickety
衍生词
ramshackleness ramshackly

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).
词源 2
First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).
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