| 单词 | in limbo |
| 释义 | in limboIn a condition of oblivion or neglect, as in They kept her application in limbo for months. [Early 1600s] An intermediate or transitional state, as in After his editor left the firm, his book was in limbo. [Early 1600s] Both usages allude to the theological meaning of limbo, that is, a place outside hell and heaven to which unbaptized infants and the righteous who died before Christ's coming were traditionally consigned. Words nearby in limboin left field, inlet, inlier, in lieu of, in light of, in limbo, in limine, inline, in-line skate, in loc. cit., in loco The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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