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- (of a person or body part) lithe; supple（人, 身体部位）动作优美灵活的, 伸屈自如的。
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- (of a thing) flexible（物）柔韧的, 灵活的：
limber graphite fishing rods.
柔韧的石墨钓鱼竿。
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1- warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics（运动前）热身：
the acrobats were limbering up for the big show.
杂技运动员们在为大型表演热身。
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- with obj. make (oneself or a body part) supple使（身体或身体的一部分）伸屈自如：
I limbered my fingers with a few practice bars.
我用几个健身棒活动活动手指。
派生词
limberness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (as an adjective)： perhaps from LIMBER2 in the dialect sense 'cart shaft'， with allusion to the to-and-fro motion.
- the detachable front part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels and an axle, a pole, and a frame holding one or more ammunition boxes炮车前车（炮车前端的可脱卸部分, 由两个轮子、车轴、炮杆和弹药箱箱架组成）。
词源
Middle English lymour, apparently related to medieval Latin limonarius from limo, limon- 'shaft'.