limp

limp1
verb
  1. [no obj.]walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot
    （因受伤或腿脚僵硬而）走路困难，跛
    he limped off during Saturday's game.
    他在星期六的比赛中因脚伤而下场。
    ■[with adverbial of direction](of a damaged ship, aircraft, or vehicle) proceed with difficulty
    （损坏的船只，飞机，车辆）艰难地行进
    the badly damaged aircraft limped back to Sicily.
    受到严重损坏的飞机艰难地飞回西西里。
noun
  1. a tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness
    （受伤或僵硬而造成的）蹒跚，跛行
    he walked with a limp.
    他一瘸一拐地走着。
派生
limpingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'fall short of'): related to obsolete limphalt 'lame', and probably of Germanic origin
limp2
adjective
  1. lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm
    无力的，不坚挺的，松弛的
    she let her whole body go limp.
    她让自己的整个身体松弛下来。
    the flags hung limp and still.
    旗子松松垮垮、一动不动地垂着。
    ■having or denoting a book cover that is not stiffened with board
    （书本封面）软面的，软皮的
    ■without energy or will
    没力气的，无意志力的，无精打采的
    he was feeling too limp to argue.
    无力的握手。
    a limp handshake.
    他只觉得无精打采，实在不想争论了。
派生
limply
adverb
limpness
noun
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp, having the basic sense 'hanging loose'
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