- [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(西印度群島舞蹈,舞者向後彎腰鑽過一次比一次降低的橫杆) - [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 (尤指因等待他人作決定)處於不定狀態
Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase in limbo, from limbus ‘hem, border, limbo’.sense 1 1950s: from limber.