limbo
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next. 前途未卜的境地
The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December. 談判自12月中旬已陷入了僵局。
2. N a Caribbean dance in which dancers pass, while leaning backwards, under a bar 林波舞(舞者需后仰，從一根桿下通過)
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limbo /?l?mb??/
劍橋詞典
limbo noun (UNCERTAINTY)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
懸而未決；停滯不前
Until we have official permission to go ahead with the plans we're in limbo. 在該計劃得到正式批準之前，我們一直處于停滯狀態(tài)。
limbo noun (DANCE)
?the limboa dance from the West Indies in which the dancer bends backwards to go under a low bar that is made lower each time he or she goes under it
林波舞（源自西印度群島，舞者向后彎腰鉆過逐次降低的橫桿） 返回 limbo