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decrepit怎么读

音标:英 [dɪ'krepɪt] 美[dɪ'krɛpɪt]

decrepit是什么意思

  • adj. 衰老的;破旧的

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英文词源


decrepit
decrepit: [15] The underlying meaning of decrepit is ‘cracked’. It comes from Latin dēcrepitus, an adjective formed (with the intensive prefix -) 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).

decrepit的双语例句


1. The infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.
从宾馆到交通,所有的基础设施都已陈旧失修。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The British music scene is nostalgic, decrepit and moribund.
英国音乐呈现出感伤怀旧、暮气沉沉、行将就木的景象。

来自辞典例句

4. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。

来自辞典例句

5. Then her heart sank. The decrepit animal would never pull the hill.
可随即她的心又往下沉 ---- 这匹跛脚老马怎么爬得上去呀!

来自飘(部分)

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