| 词汇 | liminal |
| 释义 | liminal adjective formaluk /ˈlɪm.ɪ.nəl/ us /ˈlɪm.ən.əl/ between or belonging to two different places, states, etc.: 阈限的，两者之间的，同属两处的 the liminal state between waking and sleeping半梦半醒中 Between 'twixt (in) between timesidiom amid among between betwixt block halfway in in betweenphrase inter interleave interlinear intermediately interstitial interstitially interval intervening mid partway Examples of liminalliminal How do the supposed liminal dimensions of some material elements of the ritual relate to fire as a medium of transition? However, these physical practices also re-choreographed the hidden and liminal spaces to which they were restricted. This experience proves to be his passport from suspect outsider to the liminal status of trusted guest. Archaeological sites are the liminal spaces of later mythologies. Just as we have argued that gossip creates liminal identities for the gossipees, it is also true for the gossipers. And it is more useful to define those spaces as liminal, rather than the people who move within them. That many liminal frontier figures existed during these years, providing inspiration for the writers of popular fiction, there can be no question. Apart from being betwixt and between wild and domestic animals, they were also marginal and liminal with regard to the animal body. This often resulted from the difficulties faced incorporating liminal societies, those that fell awkwardly between the categories of civilized and barbarian. A range of discursive strategies place the characters in gossip-stories (even in the category called "self-gossip") in marginalized, liminal, or uncertain social spaces. The time of the ritual was a classical liminal period, used to negotiate one of the most important and dangerous times in a woman's life. In our present analysis, the liminal world is achieved largely by the lamination of narrated space and inscription space. Performance was also long identified with the genuinely marginal, operating in the exemplar of the liminal space - the street. In other words, their interest lies in the liminal space between character and performer. Yet its very hybridity, the liminal quality of so many aspects of its landscape give it character and uniqueness. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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