lame

adjective · verb · nounA1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

lamer

Superlative

lamest

1.
(especially)(especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
Đồng nghĩa: crippled
2.
(broadly, dated)(by extension, dated) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
3.
(colloquial)Unconvincing or unbelievable.
He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
Đồng nghĩa: weak
4.
(colloquial)Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

lames

V_ing/Gerund

laming

V_ed/pp

lamed

1.
(transitive)To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
Đồng nghĩa: cripple, disable

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

lames

1.
(slang)(prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
2.
A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
Đồng nghĩa: lamella, lamina
3.
(in plural)(in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
4.
A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

crippledweak cripple disable lamella lamina gammyhobblingimperfectinefficientlimpingboringirrelevantpathetic uncool unfunny uninteresting unbelievable

Trái nghĩa

efficientperfect convincingbelievablecool funny interesting relevant

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (lame), from *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (lame), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (to tire; to break).