limbo

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈlɪm.bəʊ]
• 美式音标 [ˈlɪm.boʊ]
• 国际音标 ['limbəu]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 监狱；地狱的边境；放置丢弃物的场所；处于中间的或不定的状态
• n. (Limbo)人名；(纳米)林博

词根记忆

• 原指“地狱的边境”

同根派生

英汉例句

• the limbo of the stateless person
  无国籍人的不安定状态
• I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo.
  我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。
• Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of.
  要进监狱,还得另打主意.
• the limbo of the stateless person
  无国籍人的不安定状态
• I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo.
  我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。

词组短语

短语

• Limbo Skating 车底溜冰
• Limbo rock 莲步舞;凌波舞;地狱在动;连步舞
• Limbo Fight 地狱战斗
• LIMBO China 地狱边境中国版;地狱边境
• limbo set 无边的背景

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (UNCERTAINTY) an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
• (DANCE) a dance from the West Indies in which the dancer bends backwards to go under a low bar that is made lower each time he or she goes under it

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next.
• a Caribbean dance in which dancers pass, while leaning backwards, under a bar