单词 | limp |
释义 | limp I. 1. a. < leaning on the old-fashioned ebony cane … she limped across the floor — Ellen Glasgow > b. < the conversation limped for some time — Henry Green > < this comparison admittedly limps as much as any — Alfred Einstein > < his logic limps woefully — Hudson Hoagland > < a deliberately limping meter and desperately forced rhymes — William DuBois > 2. a. < limped into the harbor with her hold full of water — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the plane limped in over the edge of the strip, its engine coughing badly — Howard Hunt > b. < capable of limping along, hovering around the subsistence level — R.C.Doty > < commerce limped toward a standstill — Time > II. < walked with a limp > III. 1. a. < a limp body that seemed to have been poured into his clothes as if it were sand — Edith Sitwell > < letting his body go completely limp with ecstasy — Liam O'Flaherty > < limp as a rag > b. < as a result of this protracted session he now felt fairly limp — J.R.Parker > < limp with fatigue > 2. < made a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know — G.K.Chesterton > < small, rather limp jokes — Wolcott Gibbs > < a limp young man who finds most of his enjoyment in witnessing the pains and loves of others — New Yorker > 3. a. of a book cover b. of a binding or a book |
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