lame

🇬🇧 UK/leim/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Unable to walk properly due to injury or disability; unconvincing or weak.

跛的,瘸的;无说服力的,差劲的

v.

To cause a person or animal to become unable to walk properly.

使跛,使残废

n.

A fabric interwoven with metallic threads; a dull or socially inept person.

金属丝织物;无聊或不合群的人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
lameother
=lame

Common Collocations

  • 1.lame horse瘸马
  • 2.lame excuse蹩脚的借口
  • 3.lame duck跛脚鸭

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The horse was lame and could not run.

  • 2.

    His excuse was lame and unconvincing.

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