feeble
英語
編輯詞源
編輯源自中古英語 feble,源自盎格魯-諾曼語 feble (「弱的」)(對比法語 faible),源自拉丁語 flēbilis (「哭泣的,哀傷的」)。foible的同源對似詞。
發音
編輯形容詞
編輯feeble (比較級 feebler,最高級 feeblest)
- 虛弱的,羸弱的
- Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
- 雖然她看起來已老態龍鍾,但還是有力氣可以扔個球。
- 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.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 無力的,不熱情的
- That was a feeble excuse for an example.
- 比如那就是個站不住腳的藉口。
近義詞
編輯- (虛弱的): weak、infirm、debilitated
- (缺少熱情的): faint
衍生詞彙
編輯動詞
編輯feeble (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 feebles,現在分詞 feebling,一般過去時及過去分詞 feebled)
參考資料
編輯- 「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
異序詞
編輯中古英語
編輯形容詞
編輯feeble
- feble的另一種寫法