feeble
feeble 英 [ˈfi:bl] 美 [ˈfibəl]
adj. 微弱的，无力的
名词复数:feebles
- You know how you feel when you can’t open a jar of pickles? And then grandma walks in and does it in one shot without even grunting? That’s called feeling feeble, or lacking strength.
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- adj. 微弱的，无力的
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1. a feeble old man
衰弱的老人
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2. The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.
心搏无力，心律不齐。
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3. a feeble argument, a feeble excuse, a feeble joke
无力的证据；站不住脚的借口；干巴巴的笑话
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4. a feeble attempt to explain
无力的试图解释
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5. Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.
别那么软弱了！告诉她你不想去。
- feeble (adj.) late 12c., "lacking strength or vigor" (physical, moral, or intellectual), from Old French feble "weak, feeble" (12c., Modern French faible), dissimilated from Latin flebilis "lamentable," literally "that is to be wept over," from flere "weep, cry, shed tears, lament," from PIE *bhle- "to howl" (see bleat (v.)). The first -l- was lost in Old French. The noun meaning "feeble person" is recorded from mid-14c.
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