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lame

/leym/US // leɪm //UK // (leɪm) //

跛脚,蹩脚的,跛脚的,瘸腿的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    lam·er, lam·est.

    • : physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty: a lame racehorse.
    • : impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm.
    • : weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse.
    • : Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. awkward, dull, stupid, or uninteresting: The party was lame so we bailed early.
    • : Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.
v.有主动词 verb
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    lamed, lam·ing.

    • : to make lame or defective.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.

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Examples

  • Just lame, fake-seeming "Thank you soooo much" nonsense, and an Amazon gift card.

  • In recent weeks, the lame-duck president has issued a rapid flurry of pardons to allies, friends and fellow Republicans, including full pardons to some who pleaded guilty to lying to federal law enforcement during the Russia investigation.

  • The analysis does not consider reelections or transitions between leaders within the same party, because the risk of anti-democratic actions or abuses of lame-duck power in those scenarios is relatively low.

  • While not a huge shift, this is the opposite of what typically happens in the lame-duck period.

  • Facebook apps make lame promises like this in exchange for access to the scads of personal information that Facebook already collects about you.

  • One of the most persistent myths in American politics is the media-fueled concept of the lame duck.

  • Almost every two-term president gets a pasting in the midterms, but Obama now faces lame-duck issues on an historic scale.

  • In the short term, any hopes for an active lame-duck session will rest on the results of the election, King said.

  • What he had created was a quick Web tool, but QuickWeb sounded lame, as if conjured up by a com­mittee at Microsoft.

  • Also, he gave a lame excuse: ‘I couldn't find a pic that expresses both sides.’

  • My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.

  • Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.

  • His donkey had gone lame, he abandoned it to the boys behind, he climbed in to drive with Lettice.

  • As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.

  • Some one must have noticed that they were more apt to be lame after sitting on the cold ground while they were warm.