Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lame
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Lame
lame
~1 adj 1 unable to walk properly because your leg or foot is injured or weak (go lame (=become lame)) 2 a lame explanation or excuse does not sound very believable (Nancy came out with some lame excuse about missing the bus again.) (- see also lamely) 3 lame duck a person, business etc that is experiencing difficulties and needs to be helped 4 lame duck president/administration etc especially AmE informal a president, government etc whose period in office will soon end - lameness n ~2 v T usually passive to make a person or animal unable to walk properly
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(lamer, lamest) 1. If someone is lame, they are unable to walk properly because of damage to one or both of their legs. He was aware that she was lame in one leg... David had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame. ADJ • The lame are people who are lame. ... the wounded and the lame of the last war. N-PLURAL: the N 2. If you describe something, for example an excuse, argument, or remark, as lame, you mean that it is poor or weak. He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep... All our theories sound pretty lame. = weak, feeble ADJ • lamely ‘Lovely house,’ I said lamely. ADV: ADV with v LAME Lame is cloth that has threads of gold or silver woven into it, which make it reflect light. ...a silver lame dress. N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old High German lam ~, Lithuanian limti to break down Date: before 12th century 1. a. having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement b. marked by stiffness and soreness a ~ shoulder 2. lacking needful or desirable substance ; weak, ineffectual a ~ excuse 3. slang not being in the know ; square 4. a. inferior a ~ school b. contemptible, nasty ~ racist jokes • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. transitive verb (~d; laming) Date: 14th century 1. to make ~ ; cripple 2. to make weak or ineffective ; disable III. noun Date: 1959 slang a person who is not in the know ; square IV. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin lamina Date: circa 1586 1. a thin plate especially of metal ; lamina 2. plural small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor) LAME noun Etymology: French Date: 1922 a brocaded clothing fabric made from any of various fibers combined with tinsel filling threads ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his right leg). 2 a (of an argument, story, excuse, etc.) unconvincing; unsatisfactory; weak. b (of verse etc.) halting. --v.tr. 1 make lame; disable. 2 harm permanently. Phrases and idioms lame-brain US colloq. a stupid person. lame duck 1 a disabled or weak person. 2 a defaulter on the Stock Exchange. 3 a firm etc. in financial difficulties. 4 US an official (esp. the President) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor. Derivatives lamely adv. lameness n. lamish adj. Etymology: OE lama f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. хромой lame man —- хромой человек to be lame of one leg —- хромать на одну ногу he went lame —- он стал хромым 2. поврежденный, изувеченный (обыкн. о ноге) he has a lame shoulder —- он повредил себе плечо 3. спотыкающийся, прихрамывающий lame footsteps —- спотыкающаяся походка 4. неудачный, неудовлетворительный lame argument —- неубедительный довод lame excuse —- слабая отговорка lame conclusion —- необоснованное заключение lame account —- неудовлетворительное объяснение lame endeavour —- неудачная попытка lame story —- нескладный рассказ 5. неправильный, "хромающий" (о стихе, размере) 6. уст. увечный, слабый, парализованный 7. тех. вышедший из строя 8. ам. разг. простоватый; отсталый 9. в грам. знач. сущ. собир. хромые the halt and the lame —- хромые и немощные 10. "серость", убожество (о человеке); мещанин 11. калечить, увечить to lame a leg —- повредить ногу 12. тонкая металлическая пластинка 13. ламе (парчовая ткань для вечерних туалетов) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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excuse неудачная, слабая отговорка LAME I 1. adj. 1) хромой; увечный; парализованный, особ. плохо владеющий ногой или ногами to be lame of/in one leg - хромать на одну ногу 2) неубедительный, неудовлетворительный - lame excuse 3) неправильный, хромающий (о стиле, размере) lame under the hat - глупый, несообразительный - lame duck Syn: crippled, halt, hamstrung, hobbled 2. v. увечить, калечить II noun тонкая металлическая пластинка III fr. noun ламе (парчовая ткань для вечерних туалетов) LAME duck а) неудачник; несчастненький, калека б) exch. банкрот; разорившийся маклер в) amer. непереизбранный член (конгресса и т.п.) г) aeron. sl. поврежденный самолет ...Англо-русский словарь
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