lame

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /leɪm/    美 /leɪm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stupid or undesirable person. slang
    — You lames tryna clone my style and run wit it.
  2. A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
    — This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron. This lip allows the arm to rotate without the need for leather straps and can be clearly seen carved on to the effigy […]
  3. A set of joined overlapping metal plates. in-plural
  4. A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
动词 v.
  1. To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. transitive
    — And if you don't want to lame your horse, you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
形容词 adj.
  1. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. especially
    — With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
  2. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.; That cannot be moved properly. especially
  3. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.; Physically disabled. dated,especially,offensive
    — a lame man
  4. Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. broadly,dated
    — a lame endeavour
  5. Unconvincing or unbelievable. colloquial
    — He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
  6. Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny. colloquial
    — He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

词形变化

lamer comparative lamest superlative lames present,singular,third-person laming participle,present lamed participle,past lamed past lames plural lames plural

词汇关系

衍生词
crutches for lame ducks help a lame dog over a stile lamage lameass lamebrain lamebrained lame duck lame-head lamehead lamely lameness lame-o lameo lameoid lamer lamesauce lame sickness lamester lamestream lame-stream lametastic lamewad lamish unlame
相关词
lamé lamellar lamellate lamellation lamination

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
词源 2
From Middle French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.
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