tatterdemalion

tatterdemalion读音音标

英[ˌtætədə\\\'meɪljən]

美[ˌtætədə\\\'meɪljən]

基本意思释义

n.衣服褴褛的人

adj.衣衫褴褛的，不体面的

英英释义

Noun

1. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Adjective

1. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing;

\"a man in a tattered shirt\"

\"the tattered flag\"

\"tied up in tattered brown paper\"

\"a tattered barefoot boy\"

\"a tatterdemalion prince\"

2. in deplorable condition;

\"a street of bedraggled tenements\"

\"a broken-down fence\"

\"a ramshackle old pier\"

\"a tumble-down shack\"