limp

1. V-I If a person or animal limps, they walk with difficulty or in an uneven way because one of their legs or feet is hurt. 跛行

I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp. 我傷得并不嚴(yán)重，但我傷到了大腿，不得不一瘸一拐地走路。

2. N-COUNT Limp is also a noun. 跛行

A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp. 手術(shù)后僵直的膝蓋迫使她瘸著走路。

3. V-I If you say that something such as an organization, process, or vehicle limps along, you mean that it continues slowly or with difficulty, for example because it has been weakened or damaged. (交通工具等) 緩慢或艱難地前進; (組織、進程等) 進展緩慢

In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources. 近年來該報一直靠有限的資源艱難地發(fā)展。

4. ADJ If you describe something as limp, you mean that it is soft or weak when it should be firm or strong. 無力的

She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes. 有人告訴她通過無力的握手來拒絕申請者。

5. limplyADV 無力地[ADV with v]

Flags and bunting hung limply in the still, warm air. 旗子和飄帶在靜止、溫暖的空中無力地垂著。

6. ADJ If someone is limp, their body has no strength and is not moving, for example, because they are asleep or unconscious. 軟弱無力的

He carried her limp body into the room and laid her on the bed. 他抱起她軟綿綿的身體走進那房間，把她放到床上。