no obj.
1- walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot（因受伤或腿脚僵硬而）走路困难, 跛：
he limped off during Saturday's game.
他在星期六的比赛中因受伤而瘸着腿下场。
1.1
- with adverbial of direction(of a damaged ship, aircraft, or vehicle) proceed with difficulty（损坏的船只, 飞机, 车辆）艰难地行进：
the badly damaged aircraft limped back to Sicily.
受到严重损坏的飞机艰难地飞回西西里。
- a tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness（受伤或僵硬而造成的）蹒跚, 跛行：
he walked with a limp.
他一瘸一拐地走着。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'fall short of'）： related to obsolete limphalt 'lame'， and probably of Germanic origin.
1
- lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm无力的, 不坚挺的, 松弛的：
she let her whole body go limp
她让自己的整个身体松弛下来
the flags hung limp and still.
旗子松松垮垮、一动不动地垂着。
1.1
- having or denoting a book cover that is not stiffened with board（书本封面）软面的, 软皮的。
1.2
- without energy or will没力气的, 无意志力的, 无精打采的：
he was feeling too limp to argue
他只觉得无精打采, 实在不想争论了
a limp handshake.
无力的握手。
派生词
limply
adverblimpness
noun词源
early 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to LIMP1 , having the basic sense 'hanging loose'.