tumbledown

英 [ˈtʌmbldaʊn] 美 [ˈtʌmbldaʊn]

adj.  破败不堪的; 摇摇欲坠的

BNC.35970



柯林斯词典

  1. 摇摇欲坠的;破旧不堪的
    A tumbledown building is in such a bad condition that it is partly falling down or has holes in it.

    双语例句

    1. Our favourite walk was to Keller's Landing, an old tumbledown lumber-wharf on the Tennessee River, used during the Civil War to land soldiers.
      散步时,我们最喜欢去的地方是老凯勒码头,这是田纳西河边一个破败不堪的木制码头。南北战争期间,这里被当做运输军队的专用码头。
    2. To them these tumbledown stones must loom as huge as the Wall of Westeros.
      对于它们来说,这些摇摇欲坠的石头一定跟维斯特洛大陆上的绝境长城一样高耸。
    3. It was a brave little house with a big, tumbledown barn and fields that sloped into forests beyond.
      这是一个很小的房子,有一个摇摇欲坠的仓房,牧场向远处延伸,直至森林。
    4. A dead tree stands to the right of a tumbledown brownstone house.
      在一座破败的褐砂石房子的右侧,矗立着一棵枯树。