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limbo

B2 noun

limbo /ˈlɪmboʊ/ nghĩa là nơi linh hồn chờ đợi (lâm bô)

Các nghĩa

  1. nơi linh hồn chờ đợi (lâm bô)

    A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.

    uncountable

    Oh vvhat a ſimpathie of vvoe is this, / As farre from helpe, as Lymbo is from bliſſe.

    VVith all my hart, fare-vvell, far-vvell, / I am freed from Lymbo to be ſent to hell.

  2. tình trạng lấp lửng, bế tắc

    Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

    broadly · countable · uncountable

    My passport application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.

    As yet my books are lying as ghost books, in a limbo on the banks of a certain Bristolian Styx, humanly speaking, a Canal; […]

    But the railway is in limbo, paralysed by indecision. Let's have some clarity.

  3. súng cối chống ngầm

    A type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels.

    countable

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