rickle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A loose, disordered collection of things; a heap; a jumble. Scotland
    — It was no more than a butt and a ben, with a rickle of sheds behind it where old Pooty kept his donkey that was nearly as old […]
  2. A small rick of grain. Scotland
  3. A dilapidated or ramshackle building. Scotland
    — We came home by a place called Speke Hall — built 1589 — the queerest-looking old rickle of boards that I ever set eyes on; […]
  4. Any object in poor condition, particularly a vehicle. Scotland
    — On a memorable night was the old rickle of a boat taken out to the West Sands during a terrible storm, when Admiral Maitland Dougall distinguished himself by his valiant services.
  5. An emaciated person or animal. Scotland
    — But it's a bad disaise that can't be cured somehow, Manis said to himself — so be began to consider how to sell his rickle of a pony to advantage.

词形变化

rickles plural

词汇关系

相关词
rick rickle o' banes

词源

From Scots rickle, from Old English hrēac (“stack”) with the Scots suffix -le (“full (of)”).
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