shipwrecky

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a shipwreck.
    — "I was only joking. We've escaped from a burning vessel, you know, and every one else is either burned or drowned. We've provisions for a month, if we don't eat too much, and we're in the South Sea Islands. South Sea Islands sound nice and shipwrecky, don't you think so?"
  2. Weak, feeble; shaky. figuratively
    — But down below he is not so good by any means — no spring from the loins, and feeblish, not to say shipwrecky, about the knees.

词形变化

more shipwrecky comparative most shipwrecky superlative

词源

From shipwreck + -y.
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