Decrepit
[dɪ'krepɪt] or [dɪ'krɛpɪt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; 'a feeble old woman'; 'her body looked sapless' .
錄入:罗兰--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.
艾拉編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Superannuated, effete, worn or broken down with age, infirm through age.
科林整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Infirm, weak, crippled, superannuated, effete, broken-down, enfeebled,tottering, aged
ANT:Strong, robust, agile, youthful, active
丹尼校對
解釋/意思:
adj. worn out by the infirmities of old age: in the last stage of decay.—ns. Decrep′itness; Decrep′itude state of being decrepit or worn out with age.
克雷格編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The object of his search and his unrelenting animosity, now a decrepit old man, was seated at a bare deal table, on which stood a miserable candle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In a very short time a decrepit figure had emerged from the opium den, and I was walking down the street with Sherlock Holmes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He lies upon his bed, an aged man with sunken cheeks, the decrepit shadow of himself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit, said Will, with irrepressible quickness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
克雷格編輯