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单词 flaccid
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Definition of flaccid in English:

flaccid

adjective ˈflaksɪdˈflasɪdˈflæ(k)səd
  • 1(of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.

    she took his flaccid hand in hers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shaking his head, he plopped him onto his horse with extreme difficulty then rose up behind him, clasping the flaccid body to his chest.
    • Unfortunately, many skiers hold their arms and legs rigid in search of balance while their stomach and back muscles are flaccid and forgotten.
    • Sauntering into the living room, I stretched my flaccid body along the couch.
    • The shady lava lamp in the corner of the room supplied a dismal crimson light, the bubbly pink shimmers on the wall fell onto his flaccid, ageless, sweaty body.
    • The striated-muscle part of the esophageal body is flaccid at rest.
    • Her body has the appearance of a carcass, flaccid and dead.
    • Ben inspected the mess beneath his mother's now flaccid body.
    • More often than not she appears half-nude, her body lanky but soft, her breasts flaccid.
    • Shortly after death all the muscles in the body become soft and flaccid.
    • Still flaccid and lethargic from lack of blood, Ed ambled slowly in front of the doors.
    Synonyms
    soft, loose, flabby, unfirm, yielding, slack, lax, out of tone, toneless
    drooping, droopy, sagging, saggy, pendulous, limp, floppy, wilting
    1. 1.1 (of plant tissue) drooping or inelastic through lack of water.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then true leaves exhibit the flaccid condition.
      • Dead cuttings were obvious because their bud tissue had become flaccid.
      • I don't want to see my planters parched and my plants flaccid.
      • Leaves were scored as dead when they were flaccid or dried over more than half their surface.
      • Generally, in a healthy plant the cells alternate between being flaccid and fully turgid.
      • Perhaps this, then, is the reason that leaves wilt, that is become flaccid, when they are severely stressed.
    2. 1.2 Lacking vigour or effectiveness.
      the flaccid leadership campaign was causing concern
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The wish to avoid any hint of ‘value judgements' causes journalists to use flaccid and vague language, which in turn leads to confusion.
      • In the case of the anti-deficit campaign, flaccid fiscal management was a weakness to be strenuously avoided.
      • His character is flaccid and uniformly uninspired.
      • But beyond the issues he championed in this era of flaccid rhetoric and focus group-approved sound bytes, Wellstone had the rare ability to ignite a fire in his audiences.
      • They hate us, their treatises and demagogues have long proclaimed, because we appear to them spiritually lukewarm, religiously flaccid.
      • By then, our personalities - soft, giving and flaccid - have already solidified, which renders any effort to stiffen our sinews impotent.
      • In fact it was from him that I first heard the term ‘wet-fish’ when a friend of mine offered up a floppy, flaccid excuse for a hand-shake at a tournament in 1980.
      Synonyms
      lacklustre, ineffective, ineffectual, lifeless, listless, muted, spiritless, lustreless, uninspiring, apathetic, unanimated, tame
      worthless, futile, fruitless

Derivatives

  • flaccidity

  • noun fləkˈsɪdɪtifləˈsɪdɪtiflæ(k)ˈsɪdədi
    • Patent regimes could loosen to the point of complete flaccidity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The first treatment showed flaccidity in the arm/hand.
      • Damp and heat can invade the spleen causing muscle flaccidity and atrophied muscles.
      • Her website is not alone in the mildly comic ineptitude of its construction and flaccidity of its message.
      • ‘If there is some skin flaccidity, I will use superficial liposculpture to cause some skin retraction,’ he said.
  • flaccidly

  • adverbˈflaksɪdliˈflasɪdli
    • Her head lied flaccidly upon Paul's shoulder, as she dozed into a fragile state of sleep.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His superbly chiseled lips, ordinarily compressed in a grim line that bespoke indomitable will, at the moment hung open flaccidly.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French flaccide or Latin flaccidus, from flaccus 'flabby'.

Rhymes

Abbasid, acid, antacid, Hasid, placid
 
 

Definition of flaccid in US English:

flaccid

adjectiveˈfla(k)sədˈflæ(k)səd
  • 1(of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.

    she took his flaccid hand in hers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sauntering into the living room, I stretched my flaccid body along the couch.
    • Shaking his head, he plopped him onto his horse with extreme difficulty then rose up behind him, clasping the flaccid body to his chest.
    • Still flaccid and lethargic from lack of blood, Ed ambled slowly in front of the doors.
    • Unfortunately, many skiers hold their arms and legs rigid in search of balance while their stomach and back muscles are flaccid and forgotten.
    • Ben inspected the mess beneath his mother's now flaccid body.
    • Shortly after death all the muscles in the body become soft and flaccid.
    • The striated-muscle part of the esophageal body is flaccid at rest.
    • Her body has the appearance of a carcass, flaccid and dead.
    • The shady lava lamp in the corner of the room supplied a dismal crimson light, the bubbly pink shimmers on the wall fell onto his flaccid, ageless, sweaty body.
    • More often than not she appears half-nude, her body lanky but soft, her breasts flaccid.
    Synonyms
    soft, loose, flabby, unfirm, yielding, slack, lax, out of tone, toneless
    1. 1.1 (of plant tissue) drooping or inelastic through lack of water.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dead cuttings were obvious because their bud tissue had become flaccid.
      • Leaves were scored as dead when they were flaccid or dried over more than half their surface.
      • Perhaps this, then, is the reason that leaves wilt, that is become flaccid, when they are severely stressed.
      • Generally, in a healthy plant the cells alternate between being flaccid and fully turgid.
      • I don't want to see my planters parched and my plants flaccid.
      • Then true leaves exhibit the flaccid condition.
    2. 1.2 Lacking force or effectiveness.
      the flaccid leadership campaign was causing concern
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In fact it was from him that I first heard the term ‘wet-fish’ when a friend of mine offered up a floppy, flaccid excuse for a hand-shake at a tournament in 1980.
      • But beyond the issues he championed in this era of flaccid rhetoric and focus group-approved sound bytes, Wellstone had the rare ability to ignite a fire in his audiences.
      • The wish to avoid any hint of ‘value judgements' causes journalists to use flaccid and vague language, which in turn leads to confusion.
      • By then, our personalities - soft, giving and flaccid - have already solidified, which renders any effort to stiffen our sinews impotent.
      • His character is flaccid and uniformly uninspired.
      • They hate us, their treatises and demagogues have long proclaimed, because we appear to them spiritually lukewarm, religiously flaccid.
      • In the case of the anti-deficit campaign, flaccid fiscal management was a weakness to be strenuously avoided.
      Synonyms
      lacklustre, ineffective, ineffectual, lifeless, listless, muted, spiritless, lustreless, uninspiring, apathetic, unanimated, tame

Origin

Early 17th century: from French flaccide or Latin flaccidus, from flaccus ‘flabby’.

 
 
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