limbo

noun

/ˈlɪmbəʊ/

(plural limbos)

[countable] a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar that is made lower each time you go under it林波舞（西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰钻过一次比一次降低的横杆）
[uncountable, singular] a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for somebody else to make a decision（尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态
- the limbo of the stateless person无国籍人的不安定状态
- in limbo His life seemed stuck in limbo; he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。

词源sense 2 late Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase in limbo, from limbus ‘hem, border, limbo’.sense 1 1950s: from limber.

词汇	limbo
释义	limbo noun /ˈlɪmbəʊ/ /ˈlɪmbəʊ/ (plural limbos) [countable] a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar that is made lower each time you go under it林波舞（西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰钻过一次比一次降低的横杆） [uncountable, singular] a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for somebody else to make a decision（尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态 the limbo of the stateless person无国籍人的不安定状态 in limbo His life seemed stuck in limbo; he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。词源sense 2 late Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase in limbo, from limbus ‘hem, border, limbo’.sense 1 1950s: from limber.
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