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).
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).
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.
