went limp• Her muscles involuntarily clenched, then went limp.• His tongue came out and he went limp.• Pipersquirmed between them for a moment, fighting to get free, then went limp.• Quickly Robert inserted the needle into the thigh muscle, and in about a minute, the small body went limp.• Heatflooded down to her toes, her hands went limp and she completely forgot where she was.• Helpless, he toppledforward into blackness: his hand went limp and the knifeclattered down on to the foot-rest.• When Hilda finally went limp, Omite put her arms around her.• I went limp when they carried me to the wagon.
2DAMAGE[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a ship or aircraftlimps somewhere, it goes there slowly, because it has been damaged 〔船或飞机因损坏而〕缓慢地行进,艰难地行驶
limp into
The damaged liner limped into New York.
受损的邮轮缓缓驶进纽约港。
3limp alongphrasal verbphr vif a company, project etc limps along, it is not successful 〔公司、项目等〕艰难地进展
The team is limping along in fifth place.
这支球队勉强排在第五名。
Examples from the Corpus
limp• I noticed that one of the horses was limping, and called for the vet.• Fiver and Pipkin, limping behind the others, and conspicuously under-sized and tired, were being attacked by the crow.• Bladder clenched, Thérèse limped down the drive behind her silentfather.• When he returned, he was limping from the beating he had received during the interrogation.• Although its voluntaryrecruitsdiminished, the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity's watchful eye.• She limped painfully over to a chair and sat down.• The hours until lunchtimelimped past.• As soon as he limped through the doorway she called to the owner to make more coffee.
limp3 noun [countableC]
1WALKthe way someone walks when they are limping 跛行
Young walked with a slight limp.
扬走路有一点跛。
Examples from the Corpus
limp• Once they pushed him off a cliff, breaking his leg, and he walks with a limp to this day.• Young had a slightlimp.• Josie walked with a slight limp.• Miguel stared at the slick street as Spider slinked off with that streetwiselimp.• Able to move around with limp.
a slight limp• I noticed he had a slight limp.• She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp.• His mind concentrated itself on Tolby's footsteps which were slightly uneven, as if the solicitor had a slight limp.• Noonan walked with a slight limp.• The only sign of his accident is that he walks with a slight limp.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIMPADJECTIVE➤noticeable, pronounced明顯的跛腳▸➤slight輕微的跛腳VERB + LIMP➤have, walk with跛腳;一瘸一拐地走▸➤give sb, leave sb with致使某人跛腳◇The accident had left him with a slight limp.這起事故後,他有一點兒跛腳。limp
verb
ADVERB➤badly嚴重地跛行◇He had hurt his leg and was limping badly.他的腿受傷了,走路跛得厲害。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些跛▸➤along, away, back, off, out跛着腳走向前/走開/走回/離開/走出◇He limped away from his car.他一瘸一拐地離開他的車。➤slowly緩慢地跛行◇She limped slowly to the door.她一瘸一拐地慢慢挪向門口。limp
adjective
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, fall, feel, hang, lie, look綿軟無力;無力地下垂;感覺無力;無力地懸着;無力地躺着;看上去軟綿綿的◇His arm hung limp at his side.他的一隻胳膊無力地垂在身旁。◇Her hair looked limp and lifeless.她的頭髮看起來軟塌榻的,毫無生氣。➤become, go, grow變得無力◇Her body suddenly went limp.她的身體突然變得軟綿綿的。ADVERB➤very非常軟▸➤completely完全無力▸➤rather相當無力