limb
n. 肢,翼; 大树枝; 分支; 枝干
Your limbs are your arms and legs.
She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.
她将能伸展一下蜷缩的四肢,休息几个小时。
The limbs of a tree are its branches.
This entire rickety structure was hanging from the limb of an enormous leafy tree.
这整个快要散架的搭建物吊挂在一棵枝繁叶茂的大树的枝杈上。
If someone goes out on a limb, they do something they strongly believe in even though it is risky or extreme, and is likely to fail or be criticized by other people.
They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial energy bill.
他们可以预见到要是给极具争议性的能源法案投赞成票,可能会陷入孤立。
If someone threatens to tear you limb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.
The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.
警察很幸运,比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。
1. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
2. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
3. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
4. either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip;
5. the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;
6. any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
branch, limb, bough, shoot
这些名词均含有"枝"之意。
life and limb
生命,性命
out on a limb
孤立的
独立从事
tear someone limb from limb
肢解(某人)
(out) on a limb【非正式用语】
处于困境:处于危险、尴尬或易受攻击的境地
Neurologic function score of hind limb was observed after operation.
观察术后动物后肢神经功能评分.
Untreated diabetes can lead to blindness, loss of limb function, or death.
糖尿病未经治疗会导致失明、肢体功能丧失或死亡。
It was, in my grandfather's own words, like a limb severed off.
用我外祖父的话说来就是像四肢散了架.
They have a powerful tail that they use as an extra limb.
他们有一只他们使用如额外的四肢有力的尾部.
Diabetics are more vulnerable to heart disease, kidney failure and limb amputation among other complications.
糖尿病患者易患心脏病 、 肾功能衰竭和因其他并发症引起的截肢.