limber
limber 英 [ˈlɪmbə(r)] 美 [ˈlɪmbɚ]
adj. 柔软的；敏捷的 vt. 使柔软；将接在前车上 vi. 做准备活动
进行时:limbering 过去式:limbered 过去分词:limbered 第三人称单数:limbers 名词复数:limbers
- Can you dance the hula? Get into crazy yoga positions, or touch your toes? Then you're limber, meaning your body is pretty flexible and able to bend well.
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- adj. 柔软的；敏捷的
- vt. 使柔软；将接在前车上
- vi. 做准备活动
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1. You should limber up your wits before the test.
在测验之前你该动动脑筋。
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2. Here, we're talking about a regular stretching program to keep your legs limber and injury-free.
这里，我们要谈论的是一个常规的伸展训练以保持你的四肢柔软，不轻易受伤。
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3. But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel
但他的弓仍旧坚硬， 他的手健壮敏捷，这是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石，就是雅各的大能者。
- limber (adj.) "pliant, flexible," 1560s, of uncertain origin, possibly from limb (n.1) on notion of supple boughs of a tree [Barnhart], or from limp (adj.) "flaccid" [Skeat], or somehow from Middle English lymer "shaft of a cart" (see limber (n.)), but the late appearance of the -b- in that word argues against it. Related: Limberness. Dryden used limber-ham (see ham (n.1) in the "joint" sense) as a name for a character "perswaded by what is last said to him, and changing next word."
- limber (n.) "detachable forepart of a field-gun carriage," 1620s, alteration of Middle English lymer (early 15c.), earlier lymon (c. 1400), probably from Old French limon "shaft," a word perhaps of Celtic origin, or possibly from Germanic and related to limb (n.1). Compare related Spanish limon "shaft," leman "helmsman."
- limber (v.) "make pliant or supple," 1748, from limber (adj.). Related: Limbered; limbering. With up (adv.) by 1901. The military sense "attach a limber to a gun" (1783) is from limber (n.).
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