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单词 limbo
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limbo /limˈbō/

noun (pl limˈbos)

A West Indian dance in which the dancer bends backwards and passes under a bar which is progressively lowered

intransitive verb

To dance the limbo

ORIGIN: Perhaps limber1

Limbo or limbo /limˈbō/, also Limbus /-bəs/

noun (pl Limˈbos, limˈbos or Limˈbi /-bē/)
  1. The borderland of Hell, reserved for the unbaptized (Limbus patrum for the righteous who died before Christ, Limbus infantum for children)
  2. Any unsatisfactory place of consignment or oblivion
  3. An uncertain or intermediate state
  4. Prison
ORIGIN: From the Latin phrase in limbo, in in, and ablative of limbus border
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