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单词 flaccid
释义
flaccidflac‧cid /ˈflæsɪd, ˈflæksɪd/ adjective technical Word Origin
WORD ORIGINflaccid
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin flaccidus, from flaccus ‘soft and loose’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • flaccid muscles
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He had a left hemiplegia, and was flaccid at first, although the flaccidity soon started changing to spasticity.
  • He staggered, jerking the flaccid weight higher on his shoulder.
  • In flaccid prose Shaftesbury rambles on with an air of affected conversational ease which projects the persona of the patronising aristocrat.
  • Pulled out of its tube and drained of its color, the worm is decidedly flaccid and unattractive.
  • Some of the envelopes bulged with mail, others sat limply in their allocated space, flaccid from lack of correspondence.
  • The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp.
  • There was no mistaking the flaccid outlines of a suit that had lost its pressure and was open to vacuum.
soft and weak instead of firm:  a flaccid penisflaccidity /flæˈsɪdəti, flæk-/ noun [uncountable]
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