英:['lɪmpnɪs]
美:['lɪmpnəs]
英:['lɪmpnɪs]
美:['lɪmpnəs]
词根:limp
adj.limp 柔软的,无力的;软弱的
adv.limply 柔软地;四肢无力地,软绵绵地
n.limp 跛行
vi.limp 跛行,一拐一拐地走;缓慢费力地前进
verb
intransitive verb
to walk with an uneven and usually slow movement or gaitespecially: to walk favoring one leg
The injured player limped off the field.
to go unsteadily : falter
After which the conversation limped for some time …—Henry Green
to proceed slowly or with difficulty
The ship limped back to port.
noun
an uneven movement or gait : a favoring of one leg while walking
adjective
lacking firm texture, substance, or structure her hair hung limp about her shoulders
limp curtains
not stiff or rigid
a book in a limp binding
weary, exhausted
limp with fatigue
lacking in strength, vigor, or firmness : spiritless
Verb and Noun probably from Middle English lympen to fall short; akin to Old English limpan to happen, lemphealt lame Adjective akin to limp >entry 1
The first known use of limp was circa 1570
lineamentnoun
an outline or contour of a body or figure and especially of the face
lineamentnoun
an outline or contour of a body or figure and especially of the face
linealadjective
linear
lineal measure
consisting of or being in a direct line of descent
hereditary sense 3
lineagenoun
the ancestors from whom a person is descended
the people descended from the same ancestor
lindennoun
any of a genus of trees with large heart-shaped leaves and drooping clusters of yellowish flowers that are often planted as ornamental or shade trees
the light white wood of a linden
linchpinnoun
a pin inserted crosswise through something (as the end of an axle or shaft) to keep things in place
limyadjective
containing lime or limestone
limp1 of 3verb
to walk with difficulty due to physical impairment
to go slowly or with difficulty
limp2 of 3noun
a limping movement or gait
walked with a limp
limp3 of 3adjective
not firm or stiff
weary entry 1 sense 1, exhausted
1 "There's a kind of limpness that's strength"—thus he lectured himself.
2 Dread overcame him as he felt the limpness of the older man's body.
3 Her escort was feeling the limpness of his collar and endeavouring to detach his shirt from his chest.
4 She seemed to feel the limpness of the arm she held or in some way to sense the despair that was on him so quickly following the mood she had interrupted only a moment before.
5 Aside from being second best technically against Spurs, what will also worry Hammers fans was the limpness of their display, their lack of fervour.
6 Annie was reduced to the limpness of a wet dishrag by what we had overheard.
7 Her hand pointing, from beneath the stones, accused him for all the limpness of its fingers.
8 With the words issuing from her mouth she staggered and crumpled into a limpness of fiberless flesh and trailing garments.
9 Perhaps the new generation, from its outlook on elemental things, was taking to marriage by capture, clubbing the damsel and striding off, her limpness flung over a brawny arm.
10 From her limpness, and her cold, moist hands, Garth apprehended that she was physically sick.
11 She was wounded by the halfheartedness in his texting and calling, the limpness of his efforts.
12 And soon, still laughing, they extract His limpness from the darkling tide; They make the towel's roughness act On back and head and dripping side.
13 But Britain’s limpness over Hong Kong seems to demonstrate only how easily these values are compromised away.
14 A female is a mixture of staunchness and limpness.
女人,坚强与柔弱的混合体。
15 This was the curious sag and limpness, and color and style of my clothes.
16 The injured player limped off the court.
17 The entree comes with green beans whose limpness suggest they originated from a freezer bag.
18 Her hair hung limp around her shoulders.
19 We noticed that the dog was walking with a slight limp.
20 He wondered what other shapes he'd find if he put back into proper place the other hunks of limpness that lay beside the fire.