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单词 limp
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limp

adjective
/lɪmp/
/lɪmp/
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  1. having no strength or energy
    • His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground.
    • She felt limp and exhausted.
    • His arm hung limp at his side.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • fall
    • feel
    • …
    adverb
    • very
    • completely
    • rather
    • …
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  2. not stiff or strong
    • The hat had become limp and shapeless.
    • Her hair looked limp and lifeless.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • fall
    • feel
    • …
    adverb
    • very
    • completely
    • rather
    • …
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    3. Word Originadjective early 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp (verb), having the basic sense ‘hanging loose’.

limp

verb
/lɪmp/
/lɪmp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they limp
/lɪmp/
/lɪmp/
he / she / it limps
/lɪmps/
/lɪmps/
past simple limped
/lɪmpt/
/lɪmpt/
past participle limped
/lɪmpt/
/lɪmpt/
-ing form limping
/ˈlɪmpɪŋ/
/ˈlɪmpɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured
    • She had twisted her ankle and was limping.
    • + adv./prep. Matt limped painfully off the field.
    Extra Examples
    • He limped away from his car.
    • By the time we got back home she was limping badly.
    • He was still limping slightly from his knee injury.
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
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  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move slowly or with difficulty after being damaged
    • The plane limped back to the airport.
    • (figurative) The government was limping along in its usual way.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
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    3. Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.

limp

noun
/lɪmp/
/lɪmp/
 [usually singular]
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  1. a way of walking in which one leg is used less than normal because it is injured or stiff
    • to walk with a slight/pronounced limp
    • The accident had left him with a slight limp.
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • noticeable
    • pronounced
    • slight
    • …
    verb + limp
    • have
    • walk with
    • give somebody
    • …
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    Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.
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