limp是什么意思_limp怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.).

词态变化

第三人称单数 limps;
过去式 limped;
过去分词 limped;
现在分词 limping;
比较级 limper;
最高级 limpest;
副词 limply;

1. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.: 手术后她的膝盖活动不便，走路时被迫跛行。

3. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes.: 她被告知要回绝掉那些握手软弱无力的申请者。

5. His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground.: 他的手一软，刀子当啷一声掉到地上。

falter

stagger

adj.

floppy

soft

limp off 一瘸一拐地走开

limp cloth 软布面

limp collar 软领

limp standard 跛行本位制又称limping standard，为复本位制(*double standard)的变型。在跛行本位下，银币的铸造受到限制，但仍具有无限法偿货币的地位。一般乃是复本位或银本位(*sil

limp state 柔软态

limp chorea 【医】瘫痪性舞蹈病

limp leather goods 软皮件

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