rickety
adjective uk/ˈrɪk.ə.ti/ us/ˈrɪk.ə.t̬i/
快要散架的；摇摇晃晃的；不结实的
in bad condition and therefore weak and likely to break
Careful! That chair's a bit rickety. 小心！那把椅子不结实。
She slowly climbed the rickety wooden steps. 她慢慢爬上摇摇欲坠的的木楼梯。
figurative The recession put a lot of strain on an already rickety economic system. 经济衰退期使本来就摇摇欲坠的经济体系雪上加霜。