limping
present participle oflimp
| 单词 | limping |
| 释义 | limping present participle oflimp limp verb uk/lɪmp/us/lɪmp/limpverb(PERSON/ANIMAL)[I] towalkslowlyand withdifficultybecause of having aninjuredorpainfullegorfoot: Threeminutesinto thegame, Jackson limped off thepitchwith aseriousankleinjury. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
limpverb(PROCESS/THING)[I+ adv/prep]informal tomoveordevelopslowlyand withdifficulty: The littleboatlimpedslowlytowards theshore. After limpingalongforalmosttwoyears, theeconomyisstartingto showsignsofrecovery. Making progress and advancing
Examplesoflimpinglimping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And as scientific advances rocket far ahead of both our bemused journalistic establishment and ourlimpingregulatory apparatus, the reality becomes ever more pernicious. From theCambridge English Corpus Although we hear the song 'in four', it is a 'limping' four - definitely not a 'funky' four. From theCambridge English Corpus To take one final pain example - consider the phenomenon oflimping. From theCambridge English Corpus When, in the second act of the play, she emerges into the public discourse surrounding the 1890s anti-nautch movement, it is as alimpinggrotesque. From theCambridge English Corpus The killdeer's mimicry has presumably evolved; but is it wise to conclude that the humanlimpingresponse has, as well? From theCambridge English Corpus It felt post-coital in the way it evaded cultural work,limpingpusillanimously from one note to the next. From theCambridge English Corpus All vertebrates, when they have an injured leg, exhibit alimpinggait that presumably has little, if any, intrinsic social communicative value. From theCambridge English Corpus Either thelimpingreflects the effects of internally experienced pain on the central motor apparatus, or simply damaged peripheral structural supports. From theCambridge English Corpus This strategy realizedlimpinggait, and despite the back-and-forth hopping, there was a net forward motion. From theCambridge English Corpus Panksepp's example of thelimpingchild could, of course, concern a child with or without pain who seeks to gain attention and sympathy. From theCambridge English Corpus His preliminary assessment is that this has produced a 'limping' rule of law, since it was imposed from above, unaccompanied by any changes in social values especially of the elites. From theCambridge English Corpus Young children can surely increase theirlimpingto obtain sympathy after an injury, or decrease it when faced with an unsympathetic audience. From theCambridge English Corpus Liberals, not alone, bitterly regret that this absurd, one-legged monster islimpinginto another financial year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we arelimpingup the fire escape, trying to get in through the seventh storey window. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This results in a so-called "limpingmarriage", where the parties are free to remarry civilly, but not religiously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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