lame

lame, cripple

名词 lame:

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

动词 lame:

1. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
   同义词：cripple

形容词 lame:

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

1. He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch.
   他的一条腿跛了，走路借助于拐杖。
2. He gave a lame excuse for being absent.
   他找了个站不住脚的理由来解释缺席的原因。

lame

adj.（形容词）
lam.er,lam.est
Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible:
跛的：因为残废而使得移动，尤其是走路，变得困难或根本无法做到的：
例句：
Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
在一次事故中变跛了后，他只能拄着拐杖走路。残废的翅膀使得鸟儿无法飞翔

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:
虚弱的和没有效率的；令人不满意的：
例句：
a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.
一点也不想道歉；令人无法信服的迟到的借口

v.tr.（及物动词）
lamed,lam.ing,lames
To cause to become lame; cripple.
使…变得残废；使残废

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English lama
源自 古英语 lama

【引伸】
lame.ly
adv.（副词）
lame.ness
n.（名词）

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lame
lame 2

n.（名词）
A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
重叠金属片：一种薄的金属片，尤指那种用于中世纪盔甲上的重叠金属片

来源：
French
法语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin l3mina [thin plate]
源自 拉丁语 l3mina [薄片]