
limpness /lmp.ns/ n.
柔软无力的状态;缺乏硬度或活力的特质。指某物松软、不挺括,或某人精神萎靡、无精打采的状态。
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The limpness of the flowers told me they hadn't been watered in days.
花朵的萎软告诉我,它们已经好几天没浇水了。
After hours of walking under the scorching sun, a profound limpness overtook his body, and he could barely lift his arms to open the door.
在烈日下行走数小时后,一种深深的无力感笼罩了他的全身,他几乎抬不起手臂去开门。
limpness 由形容词 limp(柔软的、无力的)加上名词后缀 -ness 构成。limp 一词最早出现于18世纪初的英语中,可能与古英语 lemphealt(跛行)有关,也有学者认为它与中低地德语 limp(松垂的)存在联系。后缀 -ness 是日耳曼语系中极为常见的构词成分,用于将形容词转化为表示状态或性质的名词。