lame
英 [leɪm]
美[lem]
- adj. 跛足的；僵痛的；不完全的；无说服力的；差劲的，蹩脚的
- vi. 变跛
- vt. 使跛；使成残废
词态变化
比较级: lamer;最高级: lamest;名词: lameness;
助记提示
1. lame=累母，瘸子一辈子连累母亲。
中文词源
lame 跛的
来自PIE*lem,击，打，词源同lam,lambaste.引申词义打跛，跛的。
lame 金银锦缎来自拉丁语lamina,层，薄片，词源同laminate,omelet.用于指金银锦缎织物。
英英释意
- 1. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- 2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal;
- "she wore a gold lame dress"
英文词源
- lame
- lame: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic had an adjective *lamon which meant ‘weak-limbed’, and seems to have originated in a base which meant something like ‘break by hitting’ (English lam ‘hit’ [16], as in ‘lam into someone’, and its derivative lambaste [17] probably come from the same source). In the modern Germanic languages it has diversified into two strands of meaning: Dutch, Swedish, and Danish lam denote mainly ‘paralysed’, a sense also present in German lahm, while English lame has taken the path of ‘limping, crippled’.
=> lam, lambaste - lame (n.)
- "silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from French lame, earlier "thin metal plate (especially in armor), gold wire; blade; wave (of the sea)," from Middle French lame, from Latin lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."
- lame (adj.)
- Old English lama "crippled, lame; paralytic, weak," from Proto-Germanic *lamon (cognates: Old Norse lami, Dutch and Old Frisian lam, German lahm "lame"), "weak-limbed," literally "broken," from PIE root *lem- "to break; broken," with derivatives meaning "crippled" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic lomiti "to break," Lithuanian luomas "lame"). In Middle English, "crippled in the feet," but also "crippled in the hands; disabled by disease; maimed." Sense of "socially awkward" is attested from 1942. Noun meaning "crippled persons collectively" is in late Old English.
- lame (v.)
- "to make lame," c. 1300, from lame (adj.). Related: Lamed; laming.
同义词辨析
lame, cripple
这两个动词均含"使跛，使残废"之意。
lame： 普通用词，指因受伤或本身的生理缺陷而使人的身体致残，着重行走时的不便。
cripple： 正式用词，语气较强。多指因伤、体弱或疾病等所导致的永久性残废，常为肢体不全，行走不便，甚至移动身体也困难。
考试真题
- Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文
- They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect’s purse.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect's purse.
2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- [不可数名词]The disease has left her with permanent lameness.
- 那场病使她永远瘸了。
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]The disease has left her with permanent lameness.
- 那场病使她永远瘸了。
牛津词典
- He was aware that she was lame in one leg...
- 他注意到她一条腿有残疾。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- David had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame.
- 戴维不得不退出锦标赛，因为他的马瘸了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep...
- 他含含糊糊地找了个蹩脚的借口，想要解释自己为什么睡着了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- All our theories sound pretty lame.
- 我们的理论似乎全都站不住脚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A lame duck manager can not bring his business back on to the normal track.
- 一个无能的经理是不能把他的企业重新拉回到正常经营的轨道上来的.
期刊摘选
- Ok , but don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
- 下回不管你要干什么,我绝对不会用这种牵强的借口.
期刊摘选
- He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.
- 他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解.
《简明英汉词典》
- Lies are always lame.
- 谎言总是站不住脚的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Having been long sitting there, I have to knead the lame muscles of my legs.
- 因为在那儿坐了很久, 我不得不按摩我那僵硬的腿部肌肉.
期刊摘选
- The llama has a lame leg.
- 那只美洲驼有一只腿瘸.
《简明英汉词典》
- However, in this lame , tired all over the night.
- 但, 在这千疮百孔, 满身疲累的夜晚.
期刊摘选
- His speech is not only difficult but also because of a leg lame and useless.
- 他不仅讲话困难,而且因一条腿无用而跛足.
期刊摘选
- The lamb was lame in its lap.
- 羔羊的大腿是跛的.
期刊摘选
- Peter healed a lame man.
- 彼得医治过一名跛足.
期刊摘选
- The nurse rubbed my lame back.
- 护士按摩我僵直而酸痛的背部.
期刊摘选
- The lame child lagged behind.
- 那个跛脚的小孩落在后面了.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is only because all others are lame too that no one recognizes the fact.
- 仅仅因为其他的人也是这样,所以没有人认清这个事实.
期刊摘选
- He is lame of both legs.
- 他两条腿都残废了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tom living come lame. there is a leg ignoring to use.
- 汤姆生来跛足. 有一条腿不管用.
期刊摘选
- He has a lame gait because of an injured foot.
- 他因一足受伤而有一跛一跛的步伐.
期刊摘选
- The lame child lagged far behind.
- 那个跛足的孩子远远掉在后面.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is lame in the right leg.
- 他右腿跛.
《简明英汉词典》
- He walked slow and lame.
- 他慢慢地一瘸一拐地走着.
《简明英汉词典》
- Sleeping too long is a lame excuse for being late.
- 睡得过久而迟到,这个借口站不住脚.
《简明英汉词典》
- The soldier is lame from an old wound.
- 这个士兵由于受过伤而跛足.
《现代汉英综合大词典》