
好词典

源自18世纪英语,可能由 'ram'(撞击)和 'shackle'(束缚)组合演变而来,原指被撞击后松散的状态。
❶ 形容建筑物或物品破旧不堪、摇摇欲坠的样子,通常因为年久失修或粗制滥造。
“They lived in a ramshackle hut with holes in the roof.”
(他们住在一间屋顶有破洞的摇摇欲坠的棚屋里。)
“The old barn was so ramshackle that it collapsed in the storm.”
(那座旧谷仓破败不堪,在暴风雨中倒塌了。)
ramshackle house — 指破旧不堪、几乎要倒塌的房屋,常用于描述贫困或废弃的居住环境。
“The homeless man took shelter in a ramshackle house on the outskirts of town.”
(那个无家可归的人在城郊一座破旧的房子里栖身。)