limber

英 ['lɪmbə] 美 ['lɪmbɚ]

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※ 提供单词"limber"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

limber 柔软的，灵活的，做热身运动

来自limb,弯，转，肢，引申词义活动四肢，做热身运动。

limber (adj.): "pliant, flexible," 1560s, of uncertain origin, possibly from limb (n.1) on notion of supple boughs of a tree [Barnhart], or from limp "flaccid" [Skeat], or somehow from Middle English lymer "shaft of a cart" (see limber (n.)), but the late appearance of the -b- in that word argues against it. Related: Limberness. Dryden used limber-ham (see ham (n.1) in the "joint" sense) as a name for a character "perswaded by what is last said to him, and changing next word."
limber (n.): "detachable forepart of a gun carriage," 1620s, from Middle English lymer (early 15c.), earlier lymon (c. 1400), probably from Old French limon "shaft," a word perhaps of Celtic origin, or possibly from Germanic and related to limb (n.1). Hence, limber (v.) "to attach a limber to a gun" (1783). Compare related Spanish limon "shaft," leman "helmsman."
limber (v.): 1748, from limber (adj.). Related: Limbered; limbering.

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2. By now he was perspiring and felt warmer and more limber.: 他身上见了点汗,暖和,也轻松了一些.

4. I saw her go to the corner and select a long, green, limber switch.: 我看到她走到墙角,挑了一根绿色的, 有弹性的长树条.

5. I always do a few easy exercises to limber up before a match.: 我在比赛前总要做些简单的准备活动.