feeble

英语

词源

源自中古英语 feble，源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 feble (“弱的”)（对比法语 faible），源自拉丁语 flēbilis (“哭泣的，哀伤的”)。foible的同源对似词。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈfiːbəl/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韵部：-iːbəl

形容词

feeble (比较级 feebler，最高级 feeblest)

1. 虚弱的，羸弱的

   Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.

   虽然她看起来已老态龙钟，但还是有力气可以扔个球。

   • 2011 10月 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

2. 无力的，不热情的

   That was a feeble excuse for an example.

   比如那就是个站不住脚的借口。

近义词

• (虚弱的)： weak、infirm、debilitated
• (缺少热情的)： faint

衍生词汇

• enfeeble
• feeble-minded
• feebleness
• feebly
• overfeeble

 

动词

feeble (第三人称单数简单现在时 feebles，现在分词 feebling，一般过去时及过去分词 feebled)

1. (弃用) 使...变弱

   近义词： make feeble、enfeeble

参考资料

• “feeble”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “feeble”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587

异序词

• beflee

中古英语

形容词

feeble

1. feble的另一种写法