limpとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from 古期英語 limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).

Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).

動詞

limp (三人称単数 現在形 limps, 現在分詞 limping, 過去形および過去分詞形 limped)

1. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

2. (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

   The bomber limped home on one engine.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or proceed irregularly.

   limping verses

   The business limped through the recession

4. (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.

派生語

• limpard
• limper

名詞

limp (複数形 limps)

1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

   She walks with a limp.

2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

語源 2

From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from 古期英語 *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).

Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.

形容詞

limp (comparative limper, superlative limpest)

1. flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
2. lacking stiffness; flimsy

   a limp rope

3. (of a penis) not erect
4. (of a man) not having an erect penis
5. physically weak
   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [2]

     Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.

派生語

• limp-dick
• limp of the wrist
• limp-wrist
• limp-wristed

動詞

limp (三人称単数 現在形 limps, 現在分詞 limping, 過去形および過去分詞形 limped)

1. (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

名詞

limp (複数形 limps)

1. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

語源 3

From Middle English limpen, from 古期英語 limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”).

Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).

動詞

limp (三人称単数 現在形 limps, 現在分詞 limping, 過去形 lamp または limped, 過去分詞 lump または limped)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.

派生語

• belimp

別の表記

• Limp

成句

limp

1. (historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites) ^[1]
   • 1770, A Lee, The Political Detection: Or, the Treachery and Tyranny of Administration, Both at Home and Abroad;, page 4:

     To intimidate the people, you drew up Resolves, and an Address to his Majesty, founded on evidence from Governor Barnard, the Commissioners of Revenue, Custom-house Officers, and a few poor, expectant and dependent creatures, whom your Limp corresponds with in Boston; and thereby, having imposed upon, and deceived the legislature, sanctified your despotism, at the expence of their last Liberties;

   • 1915, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, Charles Harding Firth, The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second:

     Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp?

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