lame
🇬🇧 UK/leim/🇺🇸 US
IELTSB2
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 Englishlameother
=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.