limb
英 [lɪm] 美 [lɪm]

n.

肢，翼；大树枝；分支；枝干

vt.

割断…的四肢，肢解；砍树枝；

变形

复数：limbs过去式：limbed过去分词：limbed现在分词：limbing第三人称单数：limbs

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]肢 a leg or arm of a person or animal
2. [C]大树枝 a branch of a tree

英英释义

limb[ lim ]

• n.
  • one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
  • any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

    同义词：tree branch

  • (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
  • either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

    "the upper limb of the bow"

  • the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

    "the limb of the sextant"

  • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

    同义词：armbranch

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• amputate a limb截肢
• cut off the limb砍掉树枝
• stretch limbs伸展四肢

形容词+～

• fallen limb落下的树枝
• artificial limb假肢
• the lower limb下肢
• weak limbs软弱无力的四肢

介词+～

• tremble in every limb四肢发抖
• on a limb在树枝上
• out on a limb处于孤立

词组短语

lower limb[医]下肢；腿

out on a limb孤立无援；处于危险的境地

upper limb上肢；上翼；上边缘

artificial limb n. 假肢

life and limb 生命(危险) [常用于 risk 之后] , 生命；性命

hind limb后肢

phantom limb[医]幻肢

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

shoot, bough, branch, limb

这组词都有“枝”的意思，其区别是：

shoot指植物或灌木刚长出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。

bough指主枝或粗大强壮的枝。

branch普通用词，泛指树木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意义。

limb多指主枝或大枝。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Men and women have four limbs; two arms and two legs.
   人都有四肢，两只胳膊两条腿。
2. He stood up and stretched his limbs.
   他站起来,伸了伸胳膊和腿。
3. A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
   一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。
4. The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
   工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。
5. She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.
   她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。
6. The falling tree limb left a big indent on his car.
   掉下来的树枝在他的车上留下了一个大凹口。

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