limp

英 [l?mp] 美[l?mp]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?limps;過去式:?limped;過去分詞:?limped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?limping;比較級(jí):?limper;最高級(jí):?limpest;副詞:?limply;

limp 跛的，無生氣的

來自*limp,跛的，來自Proto-Germanic*limpana,懸垂，垂下，引申詞義一腳長(zhǎng)，一腳短，跛腳的，無生氣的。

limp: limp: English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was probably adapted from the now obsolete adjective limphalt ‘lame’, a descendant of Old English lemphealt (which goes back ultimately to Indo-European *lomb-). The adjective limp is first recorded in the 18th century, and in view of the common meaning element ‘lack of firmness, infirmity’ it seems likely that it is related to the verb.
limp (v.): 1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English lympen "to fall short" (c. 1400), which is probably from Old English lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare Middle High German limphin, and perhaps is from a PIE root meaning "slack, loose, to hang down" (cognates: Sanskrit lambate "hangs down," Middle High German lampen "to hang down"). Related: Limped; limping. As a noun, 1818, from the verb.
limp (adj.): 1706, "flaccid, drooping," of obscure origin, perhaps related to limp (v.).

1. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.: 手術(shù)后她的膝蓋活動(dòng)不便，走路時(shí)被迫跛行。

3. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes.: 她被告知要回絕掉那些握手軟弱無力的申請(qǐng)者。

5. His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground.: 他的手一軟，刀子當(dāng)啷一聲掉到地上。