limber 音標拼音: [l'ɪmbɚ]
a . 柔軟的,敏捷的,富于彈性的
vt . 使柔軟
vi . 變柔軟
柔軟的,敏捷的,富於彈性的使柔軟變柔軟
limber adj 1 : (
used of e .
g .
personality traits )
readily adaptable ; "
a supple mind "; "
a limber imagination " [
synonym : {
limber },
{
supple }]
2 : (
used of artifacts )
easily bent 3 : (
used of persons '
bodies )
capable of moving or bending freely [
synonym : {
limber }, {
supple }]
n 1 :
a two -
wheeled horse -
drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson v 1 :
attach the limber ; "
limber a cannon " [
synonym : {
limber },
{
limber up }]
2 :
cause to become limber ; "
The violist limbered her wrists before the concert "
Limber \
Lim "
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Limbered }
(
l [
i ^]
m "
b [~
e ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Limbering }.] (
Mil .)
To attach to the limber ;
as ,
to limber a gun .
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{
To limber up },
to change a gun carriage into a four -
wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber .
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Limber \
Lim "
ber \,
a . [
Akin to limp ,
a . [
root ]
125 .
See {
Limp },
a .]
Easily bent ;
flexible ;
pliant ;
yielding . --
Milton .
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The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar .
--
Turbervile .
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Limber \
Lim "
ber \ (
l [
i ^]
m "
b [~
e ]
r ),
n . [
For limmer ,
Icel .
limar branches ,
boughs ,
pl .
of lim ;
akin to E .
limb .
See {
Limb }
a branch .]
1 .
pl .
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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2 . (
Mil .)
The detachable fore part of a gun carriage ,
consisting of two wheels ,
an axle ,
and a shaft to which the horses are attached .
On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit .
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3 .
pl . (
Naut .)
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well .
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{
Limber boards } (
Naut .),
short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship '
s floor immediately above the timbers ,
so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged .
{
Limber box }
or {
Limber chest } (
Mil .),
a box on the limber for carrying ammunition .
{
Limber rope }, {
Limber chain }
or {
Limber clearer } (
Naut .),
a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship ,
by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them .
--
Totten .
{
Limber strake } (
Shipbuilding ),
the first course of inside planking next the keelson .
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Limber \
Lim "
ber \,
v .
t .
To cause to become limber ;
to make flexible or pliant .
--
Richardson .
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
limber ":
adaptable ,
anemic ,
asthenic ,
bendable ,
bending ,
bloodless ,
chicken ,
compliant ,
cowardly ,
debilitated ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
ductile ,
dull ,
effete ,
elastic ,
etiolated ,
extensible ,
extensile ,
fabricable ,
facile ,
faint ,
faintish ,
feeble ,
fictile ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flexible ,
flexile ,
flexuous ,
floppy ,
formable ,
formative ,
giving ,
gone ,
gutless ,
imbecile ,
impotent ,
impressible ,
impressionable ,
languid ,
languorous ,
like putty ,
limp ,
lissome ,
listless ,
lithe ,
lithesome ,
lustless ,
malleable ,
marrowless ,
moldable ,
nerveless ,
pithless ,
plastic ,
pliable ,
pliant ,
pooped ,
powerless ,
receptive ,
resilient ,
responsive ,
rubbery ,
sapless ,
sensitive ,
sequacious ,
shapable ,
sinewless ,
slack ,
soft ,
spineless ,
springy ,
strengthless ,
submissive ,
supple ,
susceptible ,
tractable ,
tractile ,
unhardened ,
unnerved ,
unstrung ,
weak ,
weakly ,
whippy ,
willowy ,
yielding
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