n.跛行

adj.柔軟的；無力的；軟弱的

vi.跛行；蹣跚

Two weeks later, the dog could walk with a limp. 兩周后，狗兒可以跛行了。

The injury left him with a permanent limp. 他受傷后就一直瘸了。

This young man is wearing a limp grey sweater. 這個年輕人穿著一件柔軟的灰色運動衫。

The man's shrieked whistle struck his limp ears. 男人尖細的口哨聲傳到它那柔軟的耳朵里。

The flowers looked limp in the hot dry weather. 花兒在乾熱的天氣里顯得萎靡無力。

Her bones felt limp, glutted, and she was very happy. 她感到渾身無力，厭厭的，但心里很高興。

It was too weak to lift its limp paws. 它虛弱得抬不起它柔軟的爪子。

He that lives with cripples learns to limp. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

After the collision both vessels managed to limp into harbour. 兩船相撞之后都掙扎著駛進海港。

limp用作動詞的基本意思是人或動物由于腿或腳受了傷而“一瘸一拐地走路”,也可指船或飛機因受損而“困難地飛行”,引申可指“拖拖拉拉地進行”。