nimble

英 ['n?mb(?)l] 美['n?mbl]

英英釋義實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

近義詞light quick fast agile speedy swift active

adj. 敏捷的；聰明的；敏感的

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

比較級(jí):?nimbler;最高級(jí):?nimblest;副詞:?nimbly;

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1. PIE root *nem- "divide, distribute, allot; take" (cf. Greek nemein "deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number") => nim- "take, grasp, seize" => OE: niman "take, grasp, seize".
2. nim- "take, grasp, seize" + -le => -ble (see limb, 類(lèi)比變形) => nimble "quick to grasp".
3. => agile, light-footed.
4. 同源詞：nim, numb, nimble.
5. 5. numb => nimble. 為什么能從 numb 推導(dǎo)出 nimble 的含義呢？因?yàn)樗麄儍墒峭丛~，也就是說(shuō)這兩兄弟是同一個(gè)爹生的，numb 的本義是“被抓住、被抱住”，因?yàn)槿艘坏蛔プ　⒈槐ё『缶蛣?dòng)彈不得了，所以由此就引申為了“麻木”之意。nimble 的本義也就是“抓、抱”之意，只是拓展成了“快速地抓、抱(quick to grasp)”，當(dāng)然只有很敏捷才會(huì)“快速地抓住”啊，所以就引申為“敏捷的、靈敏的、敏感的、機(jī)智的”之意。-le (diminutive suffix, frequentative suffix, 也許暗含表達(dá)了一種小巧靈活之意)。
6. 諧音“靈吧” --- 靈活吧，靈巧吧！
7. 諧音“凌波” --- 凌波微步 --- 想一想段譽(yù)練成凌波微步后，逃跑起來(lái)是不是很靈巧、敏捷??！讓敵人想打打不著，想追追不上。

中文詞源

nimble 靈活的，敏捷的

來(lái)自PIE*nem,分開(kāi)，分配，拿，帶，詞源同number,numb.引申詞義靈活的，敏捷的。

英文詞源

nimble (adj.): "agile, light-footed," c. 1300, nemel, from Old English n?mel "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."