lame, cripple

名詞 lame:

1. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
   同義詞：square
2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

動詞 lame:

1. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
   同義詞：cripple

形容詞 lame:

1. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
   同義詞：feeble
2. disabled in the feet or legs
   同義詞：crippled, halt, halting, gimpy, game

1. He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch.
   他的一條腿跛了，走路借助于拐杖。
2. He gave a lame excuse for being absent.
   他找了個站不住腳的理由來解釋缺席的原因。

lame

adj.（形容詞）
lam.er,lam.est
Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible:
跛的：因為殘廢而使得移動，尤其是走路，變得困難或根本無法做到的：
例句：
Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
在一次事故中變跛了后，他只能拄著拐杖走路。殘廢的翅膀使得鳥兒無法飛翔

Marked by pain or rigidness:
痛的或僵硬的：
例句：
a lame back.
僵痛的后背

Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory:
虛弱的和沒有效率的；令人不滿意的：
例句：
a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.
一點也不想道歉；令人無法信服的遲到的借口

v.tr.（及物動詞）
lamed,lam.ing,lames
To cause to become lame; cripple.
使…變得殘廢；使殘廢

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English lama
源自 古英語 lama

【引伸】
lame.ly
adv.（副詞）
lame.ness
n.（名詞）

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lame
lame 2

n.（名詞）
A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
重疊金屬片：一種薄的金屬片，尤指那種用于中世紀盔甲上的重疊金屬片

來源：
French
法語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin l3mina [thin plate]
源自 拉丁語 l3mina [薄片]