"liable to fall down," 1680s, from rickets (with + -y (2)), via notion of "weak, unhealthy." Literal sense is from c. 1720 but never common in English. Of material things, from 1799.
雙語例句
1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.
他跟著她上了一段搖搖晃晃的樓梯，來到了一間邋遢的臥室起居室兩用房間。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway.
莫娜爬上了搖搖晃晃的木樓梯。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.