limber

英 ['l?mb?] 美['l?mb?]

英英釋義實用場景例句

暢通詞匯GRE

第三人稱單數:?limbers;過去式:?limbered;過去分詞:?limbered;現在分詞:?limbering;

1. climb => limb => limber.
2. 柔軟、靈活、有韌性的四肢。

limber 柔軟的，靈活的，做熱身運動

來自limb,彎，轉，肢，引申詞義活動四肢，做熱身運動。

limber (adj.): "pliant, flexible," 1560s, of uncertain origin, possibly from limb (n.1) on notion of supple boughs of a tree [Barnhart], or from limp "flaccid" [Skeat], or somehow from Middle English lymer "shaft of a cart" (see limber (n.)), but the late appearance of the -b- in that word argues against it. Related: Limberness. Dryden used limber-ham (see ham (n.1) in the "joint" sense) as a name for a character "perswaded by what is last said to him, and changing next word."
limber (n.): "detachable forepart of a gun carriage," 1620s, from Middle English lymer (early 15c.), earlier lymon (c. 1400), probably from Old French limon "shaft," a word perhaps of Celtic origin, or possibly from Germanic and related to limb (n.1). Hence, limber (v.) "to attach a limber to a gun" (1783). Compare related Spanish limon "shaft," leman "helmsman."
limber (v.): 1748, from limber (adj.). Related: Limbered; limbering.

2. By now he was perspiring and felt warmer and more limber.: 他身上見了點汗,暖和,也輕松了一些.

4. I saw her go to the corner and select a long, green, limber switch.: 我看到她走到墻角,挑了一根綠色的, 有彈性的長樹條.

5. I always do a few easy exercises to limber up before a match.: 我在比賽前總要做些簡單的準備活動.