clumse

发音

其它 /ˈklʌms/

词形变化

clumses 复数 clumsed clumses 三单 clumses clumsing clumsing 现在分词 clumsed 过去式 clumsed 过去分词 more clumse 比较级 most clumse 最高级

别名

clumpse clumps

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stupid fellow; numbskull

v.
  1. 1.

    To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear

    及物
  2. 2.

    To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To die of thirst

    苏格兰 方言
adj.
  1. 1.

    benumbed, as with cold

  2. 2.

    idle; lazy; loutish

词源

From Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.

来源:wiktionary