limber

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)
    — An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.
  2. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. in-plural
  3. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well. in-plural
动词 v.
  1. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. transitive
    — Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word
  2. To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Flexible, pliant, bendable.
    — He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

词形变化

limberer comparative limberest superlative limbers present,singular,third-person limbering participle,present limbered participle,past limbered past limbers plural limbers present,singular,third-person limbering participle,present limbered participle,past limbered past

词汇关系

反义词
unlimber

词源

词源 1
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
词源 2
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
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