lame
adj.(形容词)lam.er,lam.est Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible:跛的:因为残废而使得移动,尤其是走路,变得困难或根本无法做到的:例句:Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.在一次事故中变跛了后,他只能拄着拐杖走路。残废的翅膀使得鸟儿无法飞翔
Marked by pain or rigidness:痛的或僵硬的:例句:a lame back.僵痛的后背
Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory:虚弱的和没有效率的;令人不满意的:例句:a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.一点也不想道歉;令人无法信服的迟到的借口
v.tr.(及物动词)lamed,lam.ing,lames To cause to become lame; cripple.使…变得残废;使残废
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old English lama 源自 古英语 lama
【引伸】
lame.ly
adv.(副词)lame.ness
n.(名词)
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n.(名词)A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.重叠金属片:一种薄的金属片,尤指那种用于中世纪盔甲上的重叠金属片
来源:French 法语 from Old French 源自 古法语 from Latin l3mina [thin plate] 源自 拉丁语 l3mina [薄片]