英语词源
- decrepit
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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).
权威例句
- 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。
- 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.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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!
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