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词汇 limped
释义 limped
past simple and past participle oflimp
limp
verb
uk /lɪmp/ us /lɪmp/

limpverb (PERSON/ANIMAL)


[ I ]
to walk slowly and with difficulty because of having an injured or painful leg or foot: 瘸着脚走,跛行
Three minutes into the game, Jackson limped off the pitch with a serious ankle injury.比赛刚刚开始3分钟,杰克逊就因脚踝严重受伤而下场。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to walk in a way that is not controlled or even
stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk.
lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us.
galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play.
bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown.
falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly.
totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
blunder
bumble
dodder
dodderer
doddery
favour
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lumpily
lurch
reel
squeeze
toddle
toil
totter
tottering
totteringly
tumble

limpverb (PROCESS/THING)


[ I+ adv/prep ]informal
to move or develop slowly and with difficulty: 缓慢行进;艰难移动
The little boat limped slowly towards the shore.那条小船缓慢地向岸边靠近。
After limping along for almost two years, the economy is starting to show signs of recovery.经过差不多两年的徘徊,经济开始出现了复苏的迹象。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making progress and advancing
adaptive evolution
advance the cause
advanced
advancement
age
boom
evolve
evolved
flourish
flower
formatively
from A to Bidiom
mature
punctuated equilibrium
rebuild
regenerate
ripen
ripeness
spread
wing

Examples of limped


limped

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He had contracted polio as a child, so he limped.
We know now that they limped into port because of nuclear reactor faults.
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In court, she limped pathetically and dragged her left leg because she is lame.
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But since that day this has not been so, and in 1965, as his employer tells me in a letter, he limped a great deal.
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That was fortunate, since both criminal and other regulatory procedures limped on for years.
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They also found out about the submarines that have limped into port during the past few months.
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But that industry was unable to make the moves it needed to make without political action, and so it limped on.
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At the same time the economy has limped along.
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The time on the station clock was 12.59 when the 11.58 limped in.
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They limped on with their future unresolved until eventually five years could be proved to have elapsed to the satisfaction of the court.
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It was through rearmament that the capitalist world limped out of the slump.
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I had limped along to the conclusion which they kindly pointed out to me.
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I limped away well wounded at the time.
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The smiles have become a little forced over the months, as recovery limped into sight and then gave up.
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And then it merely limped along.
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