lamer 音标拼音: [l'emɚ]
Lame \
Lame \ (
l [=
a ]
m ),
a . [
Compar . {
Lamer } (
l [=
a ]
m "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Lamest }.] [
OE .
lame ,
AS .
lama ;
akin to D .
lam ,
G .
lahm ,
OHG .,
Dan ., &
Sw .
lam ,
Icel .
lami ,
Russ .
lomate to break ,
lomota rheumatism .]
1 .
(
a )
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury ,
defect ,
or temporary obstruction of a function ;
as ,
a lame leg ,
arm ,
or muscle .
(
b )
To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb ;
crippled ;
as ,
a lame man . "
Lame of one leg ." --
Arbuthnot . "
Lame in both his feet ." --
2 Sam .
ix .
13 . "
He fell ,
and became lame ." --
2 Sam .
iv .
4 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
hobbling ;
limping ;
inefficient ;
imperfect ;
as ,
a lame answer . "
A lame endeavor ." --
Barrow .
[
1913 Webster ]
O ,
most lame and impotent conclusion ! --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Lame duck }
(
a ) (
Stock Exchange ),
a person who can not fulfill his contracts . [
Cant ]
(
b )
An elected politician who is completing a term after having been defeated at an election ;
also ,
an office holder who cannot or chooses not to run again for the same office ; --
So called from the presumed lack of political power of one who is soon to be out of office .
(
b )
Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
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