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ramshackle

🇬🇧 UK/'ræmʃækl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

In poor condition due to neglect or lack of repair; tumbledown; badly organized.

摇摇欲坠的，破旧不堪的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
ramshackleother
=ramshackle

Common Collocations

  • 1.ramshackle building破旧的建筑
  • 2.ramshackle structure摇摇欲坠的构造
  • 3.[ramshackle system]杂乱无章的体系
  • 4.ramshackle shack破败的小屋

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    They took shelter in a ramshackle barn at the edge of the abandoned farm.

  • 2.

    The charity operated out of a ramshackle office with leaking pipes and broken windows.

  • 3.

    Critics described the new policy as a ramshackle solution to a complex problem.

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