| 单词 | nimble |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['nimbl] |
| 解释 | adj. 敏捷的，灵活的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 敏捷的，灵活的(movi ng quickly and lightly) 【记】 来自nim(偷窃)，偷窃 需要手脚灵活 【例】 a piano player with nimble fingers |
| 字源 | nimble (adj.) "agile, light-footed," c.1300, nemel, from Old English næmel "quick to grasp" (attested but once), related to niman "to take," from Proto-Germanic *neman (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Gothic niman, Old Norse nema, Old Frisian nima, German nehmen "to take"), from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot," also "to take" (cognates: Greek nemein "to deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number," Lithuanian nuoma "rent, interest," Middle Irish nos "custom, usage"). With excrescent -b- from c.1500 (compare limb (n.1)). Related: Nimbleness. In 17c., English had nimblechaps "talkative fellow." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (动作或思想)敏捷灵活的 = deft 【记】ni你, m摸, ble = ball: 摸球玩的人是nimble的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：捏 + ball 球，中国老人经常手里玩健身球，手里转，握，捏球，能使手及人变得灵活敏捷 |
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