• adj. 荒廢的，要塌似的；破壞的
• v. 變得荒廢（dilapidate的過去分詞）

di-, 分開，散開，來自dis-變體。-lapis, 石頭，詞源同lapidary, lapis lazuli. 即石頭散開，引申義破敗的，破舊的。

dilapidated (adj.)

"in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.

1. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages.

幾架馬車仍然在破落的礦村中曲折行進(jìn)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities.

這房子已破舊不堪,但還可有利用的價(jià)值.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The building wore a dilapidated look.

這建筑看起來要倒塌了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The walls of the dilapidated shed lean outward.

那座破棚屋的墻向外傾.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.

那房子比我上次見到時(shí)更破舊了些。

來自柯林斯例句