nimble英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To move nimbly. intransitive

— Their teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.

形容词 adj.

Adept at taking or grasping.

— nimble fingers
Quick and light in movement or action.

— He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
Quickwitted and alert.

— He has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.

词形变化

nimbler comparative nimblest superlative nimbles present,singular,third-person nimbling participle,present nimbled participle,past nimbled past

词汇关系

反义词

sluggish

衍生词

nimbility nimble-chops nimble-fingered nimbleness nimblesome nimblewill nimble-witted nimbly overnimble unnimble

词源

词源 1

From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.

词源 2

From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.