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).
decrepit 英文释义
1. worn and broken down by hard use;
"a creaky shack"
"a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
"a flea-bitten sofa"
"a run-down neighborhood"
"a woebegone old shack"
2. lacking physical strength or vitality;
"a feeble old woman"
"her body looked sapless"
decrepit 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）
decrepit 实用场景例句
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
..a decrepit old man.
年迈体衰的老人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Hanging from the walls, propped on benches, resting in their decrepit boxes, are nearly 2,000 dead.
挂在墙上 、 靠在长板凳上 、 躺在破旧棺木里的, 是将近2000个死者.
期刊摘选
He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
他正度着风烛残年.
期刊摘选
Conclusion: Extract of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. ( PmT ) have effect of decrepit obviously.
结论: 何首乌提取物具有明显的抗衰延寿作用.
期刊摘选
A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上.
《简明英汉词典》
Bill rode past the street on a horse that looked decrepit and about to collapse.
比尔骑着一匹劣马走过街道,那马摇摇晃晃地简直随时会趴下来.
期刊摘选
" Oh, Ashley, I'm getting old and decrepit. "
" 哎, 艾希礼, 我很快就老了,要老掉牙了.
飘（部分）
He was a decrepit man.
这是一个老朽的人.
期刊摘选
Bill rode past the street on a horse that decrepit and about to collapse.
比尔骑着一匹马经街道而过,那马衰弱得很,简直随时会趴下走不动.
期刊摘选
Cinemas were old and decrepit , productions were clunkers and pirated videotapes and discs proliferated.
影院老旧不堪,制作陈旧, 盗版横行.
期刊摘选
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!
飘（部分）
In Hongwu the government assembled and changed some counties because the economy was decrepit.
洪武朝,因河南府经济残破,政府对其所属的一些县进行省并和改属.
期刊摘选
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。
辞典例句
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。
辞典例句
The infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.
