ratchety

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet
    — The parking brake pivoted with well-calibrated resistance and no ratchety noise.
  2. Moving in jerks.

词形变化

more ratchety comparative most ratchety superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English ratchet
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English ratchety
From ratchet + -y.
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