lame
- IPA[leɪm]
英式
- (especially of an animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot；(of a leg or foot) affected by injury or illness
- make (a person or animal) lame
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形容詞
- 1. (especially of an animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot his horse went lame 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a leg or foot) affected by injury or illness despite his lame leg, he fled
- 2. (of something intended to be entertaining) uninspiring and dull I found the programme pretty lame and not very informative I made really stupid posters with lame slogans
- ▪ (of an explanation or excuse) unconvincingly feeble the TV licensing teams hear a lot of lame excuses 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ North American informal (of a person) naive or socially inept anyone who doesn't know that is obviously lame
- 3. (of verse or metrical feet) halting; metrically defective.
動詞
- 1. make (a person or animal) lame he was badly lamed during the expedition
- fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads: a gold lamé suit
- (of fabric or a garment) interwoven with gold or silver threads.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a stupid, inept, or dull person.
Oxford American Dictionary
- fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads: a gold lamé suit
Oxford Dictionary
- a stupid, inept, or dull person.
Oxford Dictionary
- an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing: not that long ago, the bank was regarded as a lame duck
Oxford Dictionary
- an official (especially the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a ... as a lame duck, the president had nothing to lose by approving the deal a lame-duck governor
Oxford American Dictionary
- a person who is in need or who is the object of charity: Who do you want the money for? Not another of your lame dogs, is it?
Oxford Dictionary
- completely inadequate, unimpressive, or unfashionable: we are all tired of lame-ass excuses a lame-ass movie
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美式
- (especially of an animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or ... his horse went lame
- make (a person or animal) lame: somebody lamed him with a stone
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