decrepit

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
    — Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.

词形变化

more decrepit comparative most decrepit superlative decrepid alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).
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