• adj. 柔軟的，無(wú)力的；軟弱的
• vi. 跛行，一拐一拐地走；緩慢費(fèi)力地前進(jìn)
• n. 跛行
• n. (Limp)人名；(英)林普

來(lái)自*limp,跛的，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*limpana,懸垂，垂下，引申詞義一腳長(zhǎng)，一腳短，跛腳的，無(wú)生氣的。

limp

limp: English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was probably adapted from the now obsolete adjective limphalt ‘lame’, a descendant of Old English lemphealt (which goes back ultimately to Indo-European *lomb-). The adjective limp is first recorded in the 18th century, and in view of the common meaning element ‘lack of firmness, infirmity’ it seems likely that it is related to the verb.

limp (v.)

1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English lympen "to fall short" (c. 1400), which is probably from Old English lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare Middle High German limphin, and perhaps is from a PIE root meaning "slack, loose, to hang down" (cognates: Sanskrit lambate "hangs down," Middle High German lampen "to hang down"). Related: Limped; limping. As a noun, 1818, from the verb.

limp (adj.)

1706, "flaccid, drooping," of obscure origin, perhaps related to limp (v.).

1. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.

手術(shù)后她的膝蓋活動(dòng)不便，走路時(shí)被迫跛行。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. He hit his head against a rock and went limp.

他的頭撞到一塊巖石上，身子軟了下來(lái)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes.

她被告知要回絕掉那些握手軟弱無(wú)力的申請(qǐng)者。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. His arms were limp at his sides.

他的雙臂無(wú)力地垂在身體兩側(cè)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground.

他的手一軟，刀子當(dāng)啷一聲掉到地上。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》