nimble是什么意思_nimble怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

moving quickly and lightly;"sleek and agile as a gymnast"
"as nimble as a deer"
"nimble fingers"
"quick of foot"
"the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

mentally quick;"an agile mind"
"nimble wits"

中英词源

nimble 灵活的，敏捷的

来自PIE*nem,分开，分配，拿，带，词源同number,numb.引申词义灵活的，敏捷的。

nimble (adj.): "agile, light-footed," c. 1300, nemel, from Old English næmel "quick to grasp" (attested but once), related to niman "to take," from Proto-Germanic *neman (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Gothic niman, Old Norse nema, Old Frisian nima, German nehmen "to take"), from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot," also "to take" (cognates: Greek nemein "to deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number," Lithuanian nuoma "rent, interest," Middle Irish nos "custom, usage"). With excrescent -b- from c. 1500 (compare limb (n.1)). Related: Nimbleness. In 17c., English had nimblechaps "talkative fellow."

词态变化

比较级 nimbler;
最高级 nimblest;
副词 nimbly;

权威造句

1. He was a nimble-footed boy of ten.: 他是个步伐敏捷的10岁男孩。

2. You need nimble fingers for that job.: 干这活需要手指灵巧。

3. He has a nimble tongue.: 他能说会道.

4. He is a nimble and versatile wit.: 他是一个机敏而又多才多艺的才子.

5. Val, who was light and nimble on her feet, learnt to dance the tango.: 脚步轻盈灵活的瓦尔学会了跳探戈舞。

近反义词

the nimble ninepence 获利快或周转快的资金...

相似短语

nimble will phr. 施瑞伯氏乱子草

the nimble ninepence 周转快或获利快的资金

have a nimble tongue 能说会道

as nimble as a sqirrel 身手灵活, 举动敏捷

as nimble as a squirrel phr. 身手灵活，动作敏捷

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. PIE root *nem- "divide, distribute, allot; take" (cf. Greek nemein "deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number") => nim- "take, grasp, seize" => OE: niman "take, grasp, seize".
2. nim- "take, grasp, seize" + -le => -ble (see limb, 类比变形) => nimble "quick to grasp".
3. => agile, light-footed.
4. 同源词：nim, numb, nimble.
5. 5. numb => nimble. 为什么能从 numb 推导出 nimble 的含义呢？因为他们两是同源词，也就是说这两兄弟是同一个爹生的，numb 的本义是“被抓住、被抱住”，因为人一但被抓住、被抱住后就动弹不得了，所以由此就引申为了“麻木”之意。nimble 的本义也就是“抓、抱”之意，只是拓展成了“快速地抓、抱(quick to grasp)”，当然只有很敏捷才会“快速地抓住”啊，所以就引申为“敏捷的、灵敏的、敏感的、机智的”之意。-le (diminutive suffix, frequentative suffix, 也许暗含表达了一种小巧灵活之意)。
6. 谐音“灵吧” --- 灵活吧，灵巧吧！
7. 谐音“凌波” --- 凌波微步 --- 想一想段誉练成凌波微步后，逃跑起来是不是很灵巧、敏捷啊！让敌人想打打不着，想追追不上。

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