limber

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a. 柔软的, 敏捷的, 富于弹性的 vt. 使柔软 vi. 做准备活动

发音

其它 /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

词形变化

limbers 复数 limbers limbers 三单 limbering 现在分词 limbered 过去式 limbered 过去分词 limberer 比较级 limberer limberest limberest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

柔软的；敏捷的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

    复数形式
  3. 3.

    Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

    航海 交通 复数形式
v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

    及物

    Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts.

  2. 1.

    To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Flexible, pliant, bendable.

    He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

limber up

上位词 2

attach warm up
形容词

同义词 1

supple

近义相关 2

flexible flexile

相关短语

limber up (使)变柔软 limber as a dishrag limber tail limber honeysuckle limber tail syndrome

词源

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.

来源：wiktionary