not strong or well made; likely to break 不结实的；不稳固的；易折断的 a rickety chair 摇摇晃晃的椅子 We climbed up the rickety wooden stairs which led to the third floor. 我们爬上了通往三楼的摇摇欲坠的木楼梯。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRickety is used with these nouns:- chair
- ladder
- stair
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from rickets + -y.