nimble

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英語

詞源

源自中古英語 nymylnemelnemyllnymell (敏捷的,迅捷的;準備就緒的;有能的)古英語 nǣmel (善於學習的)古英語 numol (能夠拿穩的)的合併形式,兩者均源自niman (拿,取) + -el-ol (聯想後綴),等價於nim +‎ -le。對比德語 nehmen哥特語 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman)古諾爾斯語 nema ()。詳見nim

發音

  • 國際音標(幫助): /ˈnɪmbl̩/
  • 韻部:-ɪmbəl
  • (英國)音頻(檔案)

形容詞

nimble (比較級 nimbler最高級 nimblest)

  1. 擅長抓取
    nimble fingers
    抓東西靈活的指頭
  2. 迅捷的,敏捷
    He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
    襲擊者不敵他靈活的動作,他輕鬆掙脫了襲擊者的手。
    • 1988, The Economist (volume 306, issues 7532-7539, page 13)
      Attempts to introduce versions of "market communism" — in China, Hungary or Yugoslavia — have shown how hard it is to make mainly state-owned economies as nimble as mainly private ones.
  3. 機敏謹慎
    She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.
    她非常機敏,在任何場合都能隨機應變。
    • 2020年5月20日,「Merriman praised over handling of TSC's 'virtual' transition」, in Rail,頁 12:
      "It requires you to be flexible and nimble in your thinking and Huw has already demonstrated that," said Greenwood, [...]
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反義詞

衍生詞彙

動詞

nimble (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 nimbles,現在分詞 nimbling,一般過去時及過去分詞 nimbled)

  1. (不及物) 敏捷移動
    • 2012,Caspar Henderson,The Book of Barely Imagined Beings,頁 72:
      Their teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.
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異序詞

  • milneb

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