lime

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”). alt-of,alternative
  2. A casual gathering to socialize. Caribbean
  3. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). countable,uncountable
    — Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.
  4. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. countable,uncountable
  5. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree. countable,uncountable
    — The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.
  6. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia. countable,uncountable
  7. The wood of this tree. countable,uncountable
  8. Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. countable,poetic,uncountable
    — Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
  9. Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree. uncountable
  10. A limelight; any spotlight. countable,uncountable
    — Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.
  11. Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.; A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards. countable,uncountable
  12. A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon). countable,slang,uncountable
    — WARNING: This is a lime. While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound.
动词 v.
  1. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). transitive
    — If I were you, I'd lime.
  2. To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach. Barbados,Caribbean,Trinidad-and-Tobago,informal
  3. To smear with birdlime. transitive
  4. To smear with birdlime.; To ensnare, catch, entrap. rare,transitive
    — URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam. HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
  5. To apply limewash. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing lime or lime juice. not-comparable
  2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime. not-comparable
  3. Lime-green. not-comparable

词形变化

limes plural limes present,singular,third-person liming participle,present limed participle,past limed past limes plural limes plural limes present,singular,third-person liming participle,present limed participle,past limed past limes plural limes plural

词汇关系

上位词
citrus fruit
衍生词
acid lime anhydrous lime belime birdlime burnt lime carbonate of lime caustic lime chloride of lime chlorinated lime cream of lime delime dolime hydraulic lime Jew's lime lime-ash limeberry limeburner lime burning limecrete Limedale lime-fingered limehouse lime kiln limekiln limeless limelight limelighter limelike lime mortar lime pit limerod limescale limestone lime sulfur lime-twig limetwig lime-twigged limewater limeworking limeworks limeyard limy milk of lime nitrolime pickling lime quicklime shell lime slaked lime soda-lime soda lime soda-lime glass time and lime tobacco lime unhydrated lime unlime unslaked lime whitelime white lime overlime relime unlimed American lime broad-leaved lime brooklime lime tree looper Ogeechee lime Philippine lime round lime silver lime
相关词
linden

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”).
词源 2
Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see.
词源 3
Borrowed from French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lemon.
词源 4
Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.
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