nimble
意味
- (人・動作などが)すばやい,軽い,敏しょうな
理解が早い,分かりが早い
鋭敏な
例文
Squirrels are nimble in climbing trees.
リスはすばしこく木を登る。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
With intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), a merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.