decrepit
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英 [d?'krep?t]
美[d?'kr?p?t]
- adj. 衰老的；破舊的
IELTSGRE暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- decrepit
- decrepit: [15] The underlying meaning of decrepit is ‘cracked’. It comes from Latin dēcrepitus, an adjective formed (with the intensive prefix dē-) from the past participle of crepāre ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (ultimate source also of English crepitation, crevice, and probably craven).
- decrepit (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French décrépit (15c.), from Latin decrepitus "very old, infirm," from de- "down" (see de-) + *crepitus, past participle of crepare "to crack, break" (see raven).
雙語例句
- 1. The infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.
- 從賓館到交通，所有的基礎設施都已陳舊失修。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
- 一個衰弱的老人坐在公園的長凳上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The British music scene is nostalgic, decrepit and moribund.
- 英國音樂呈現出感傷懷舊、暮氣沉沉、行將就木的景象。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
- 該影片是在一所破舊不堪的警察局里拍攝的。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Then her heart sank. The decrepit animal would never pull the hill.
- 可隨即她的心又往下沉 ---- 這匹跛腳老馬怎么爬得上去呀!
來自飄（部分）