| 单词 | limp-wristed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslimp-wristed limp-wristed adj. colloquial (derogatory) (a) (of a man, esp. a homosexual man) effeminate; (b) (of a thing, action, etc.) weak, ineffectual. ΚΠ 1955 Der Kreis Jan. 40 It's because of these obvious, limp-wristed types who congregate at bars to scream at one another that the rest of us are finding social acceptance so difficult. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 28 Oct. Toronto, however, chose to eschew such limp-wristed strategy. Instead, the Jays passed the afternoon manfully attacking that slider and trying to tomahawk the fastball. 1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xxxv. 658 I loathe this new, limp-wristed, feel-good, touchy-feely Church. 2009 Independent 22 June 20/1 He has built an unlikely political career on the bold premise that opponents of tax-cutting Republicanism are a bunch of limp-wristed ‘girlie men’. < as lemmas |
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