Lameness
['lemnɪs]
解释:
(noun.) an imperfection or defectiveness; 'a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots'.
(noun.) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
编辑:桑德拉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
凯思琳校对
例句:
- The soil being soft the hoofs of the horse grow long and produce lameness. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance; his lameness made him fond of sedentary occupation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Or the occupation to which he devotes himself may be of an opposite kind, and he may have the other sort of lameness. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- A horse so treated would develop a slight lameness, which would be put down to a strain in exercise or a touch of rheumatism, but never to foul play. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- But his lameness? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- We could not go fast, because of their lameness; and they were so spent, that two or three times we had to halt while they rested. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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