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As an adjective, "limp" describes something soft, , and without any stiffness or energy - limp hair on a humid day, a limp handshake (weak, without a firm grip), limp lettuce that's gone soft and old. As a verb or noun, to "limp" means to walk and with difficulty, usually because of an leg or foot - "he has a limp" or "he limped off the field."
（形容詞）軟綿綿的、無力的；（動詞／名詞）一瘸一拐地走、跛行。
原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
limpverb詞源 1/lɪmp/
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To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
- Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
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To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- The bomber limped home on one engine.
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To move or proceed irregularly.
- limping verses
- The business limped through the recession
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slangcard-gamespokerTo call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
limpnoun詞源 1/lɪmp/
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An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
- She walks with a limp.
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A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
limpadj詞源 2/lɪmp/
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Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
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Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
- a limp rope
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Soft; weak, in special physically weak.
- Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
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slangNot erect.
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slangNot having an erection.
limpverb詞源 2/lɪmp/
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To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
limpnoun詞源 2/lɪmp/
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A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
limpverb詞源 3/lɪmp/
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obsoleteTo happen; befall; chance.
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obsoleteTo come upon; meet.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。