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limp

/limp/US // lɪmp //UK // (lɪmp) //

跛脚,跛脚的,跛行,瘫痪

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
    • : to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along.
    • : to progress slowly and with great difficulty; make little or no advance: an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lame movement or gait: The accident left him with a slight limp.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not stiff; weak
Forms: limped, limping
Synonyms
flabby软弱无力,软绵绵的,软弱,软弱的listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩soft软,软的,软性,软体supple柔软的,柔软,柔和的,柔润的bending弯曲的,弯曲,折弯,弯曲性debilitated衰弱的,衰弱,虚弱的,衰弱的人drooping下垂的,低垂的,垂头丧气,下垂enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的floppy软盘,软软的,软碟,软盘子languishing慵懒,慵懒的,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味limber肢解,肢体语言,蹁跹,肢解人loose松散的,松散,松动,松脱plastic塑胶,塑料,塑胶制品,塑胶类relaxed轻松的,放松的,轻松愉快的,放松slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦weakened被削弱的,削弱了,弱化了,弱化wearied疲惫不堪,疲惫的,疲惫,疲惫不堪的yielding屈服,柔顺的,屈服的,柔顺droopy垂头丧气,垂头丧气的,耷拉着脑袋,下垂ductile韧性,韧性强的,韧性强,韧性好feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flaccid软弱无力,松弛的,松弛,软弱无力的flexible灵活,灵活的,弹性,灵活运用flexuous曲折,曲折的,曲折性,挠性impressible令人印象深刻的,令人印象深刻,令人印象深刻的是,让人印象深刻的是infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱languid慵懒的,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味lax宽松,松懈,宽松的,松弛lethargic慵懒的,慵懒,昏昏欲睡,葳蕤pliable柔韧的,柔韧,轻柔的,柔顺的pliant柔软的,柔韧,柔和,柔顺spiritless没有精神,无精神,魂不守舍,没有精神的unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的worn out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,废旧的
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Examples

  • Sometimes you just need a contraption that will quickly turn limp pieces of bread into crunchy, warm slices of perfection.

  • Last week, he was limping noticeably after a hit by the Steelers.

  • Let the cabbage sit like this until limp and pliable, 30 minutes.

  • Except they often have a slight limp on the other side of their body from where their hemisphere was removed.

  • I’ve plunged several limp inflatable mats into my bathtub in search of streams of tiny bubbles, slapped synthetic patches over the holes, and yet still woken up in the middle of the night on my next trip with a rock jabbing me in the kidney.

  • He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

  • Clean-shaven and balding, Saleem is in his forties and walks with a limp.

  • To compound it, Rice then treats her limp form with what appears to be cold contempt.

  • The charts now featured the likes of Limp Bizkit, a rap-metal band whose misogyny was so overt as to be comical.

  • One leg of his green pajamas hung limp, empty below the knee.

  • His head fell back limp on MacRae's arm, and the rest of the message went with the game old Dutchman across the big divide.

  • She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.

  • Very hot; very limp with the prevalent disease but greatly cheered up by the news of yesterday evening's battle at Helles.

  • Before we were entirely out of the crush of the city, the engine began to limp and shortly came to a stop.

  • The rider seemed as weak as the horse, for he swayed in the saddle as he rode, and the bridle reins hung limp in his hands.