1
- (of a person or animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot(人, 动物)跛脚的, 瘸腿的:
his horse went lame.
他的马瘸了。
1.1
- (of a leg or foot) affected in this way(腿脚)跛的, 瘸的。
2
- (of an explanation or excuse) unconvincingly feeble(理由, 借口)站不住脚的, 无说服力的:
the TV licensing teams hear a lot of lame excuses.
电视发证小组听到许多站不住脚的理由。
2.1
- (of something intended to be entertaining) uninspiring and dull(笑话)乏味的
2.2
- (of a person) naive or inept, especially socially(人)幼稚的, 无能的(尤指社交方面):
anyone who doesn't know that is obviously lame.
对此无知者显然是幼稚的。
2.3
- (of verse or metrical feet) halting; metrically defective(诗韵)有缺陷的, 不合韵律的。
with obj.
- make (a person or animal) lame弄瘸(人或动物):
he was badly lamed during the expedition.
他在探险时严重致瘸。
派生词
lamely
adverblameness
noun词源
Old English lama, of Germanic origin, related to Dutch lam and German lahm.