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flaccid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++flac·cid /ˈflæsɪd, ˈflæksɪd/ adjective technical  Msoft and weak instead of firm 松弛的;松垂的 a flaccid penis 疲软的阴茎flaccidity /flæˈsɪdəti, flæk-/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
flaccidThe legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp.Pulled out of its tube and drained of its color, the worm is decidedly flaccid and unattractive.He had a left hemiplegia, and was flaccid at first, although the flaccidity soon started changing to spasticity.Some of the envelopes bulged with mail, others sat limply in their allocated space, flaccid from lack of correspondence.flaccid musclesThere was no mistaking the flaccid outlines of a suit that had lost its pressure and was open to vacuum.In flaccid prose Shaftesbury rambles on with an air of affected conversational ease which projects the persona of the patronising aristocrat.He staggered, jerking the flaccid weight higher on his shoulder.
Origin flaccid (1600-1700) Latin flaccidus, from flaccus soft and loose
flac·cid adjectiveChineseSyllable
instead of weak and soft firm Corpus


flaccid
flaccid /ˈflæsəd, ˈflæsɪd, ˈflæksəd/ adjective technical
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: flaccidus, from flaccus 'soft and loose'
soft and weak instead of firm:
    a flaccid penis
—flaccidity /flæˈsɪdəti, flæˈsɪdɪti, flæk-/ noun [uncountable]


flac·cidBrE /ˈflæsɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflæsɪd/ 🔊BrE /ˈflæksɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflæksɪd/ 🔊 adjective (formal) soft and weak; not firm and hard 软弱的;松弛的;不结实的flaccid breasts松弛的乳房