limb

英 [lɪm]

美 [lɪm]

n.  肢; 臂; 腿; 翼; 翅膀; 有…肢(或翼、翅膀)的; (树的)大枝，主枝
vt.  割断…的四肢; 肢解; 砍树枝

复数：limbs　过去式：limbed　

CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.3978 / COCA.3643

同义词辨析

branchlimbprong【导航词义：枝；分支】

习惯用语

n.

out on a limb
• 无人支持；孤立无援
  not supported by other people
• Are you prepared to go out on a limb (= risk doing sth that other people are not prepared to do) and make your suspicions public?
  你愿意冒险把你的疑团公开吗？
tear/rip sb limb from limb
• 猛烈攻击某人
  to attack sb very violently
risk life and limbrisk your neck
• 冒死；不惜受伤
  to risk being killed or injured in order to do sth

牛津词典

noun

• 肢；臂；腿；翼；翅膀
  an arm or a leg; a similar part of an animal, such as a wing
  1. an artificial limb
     假肢
  2. For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.
     好一会儿她四肢都动弹不得。
• 有…肢（或翼、翅膀）的
  having the type of limbs mentioned
  1. long-limbed
     四肢细长
  2. loose-limbed
     四肢柔软灵活
• （树的）大枝，主枝
  a large branch of a tree

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肢；臂；腿
  Yourlimbsare your arms and legs.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 树枝
  Thelimbsof a tree are its branches.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 冒着遭受失败（或指责）的风险；处于孤立无援的境地
  If someone goesout 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 撕裂…的肢体
  If someone threatens totearyoulimb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.
  1. 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。
• torisk life and limb→ see:life

英英释义

noun

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
  1. the arm of the record player
  2. an arm of the sea
  3. a branch of the sewer
  Synonym:armbranch
• the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
  1. the limb of the sextant
• either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
  1. the upper limb of the bow
• one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm
• (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
• any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
  Synonym:tree branch

双语例句

• The car was badly smashed, but he was lucky to escape with life and limb.
  汽车被撞得一塌糊涂，可他却很幸运地安全脱险了。
• AIM: To investigate the application of stem cell transplantation in the treatment of lower limb ischemia.
  目的：探讨干细胞移植在下肢缺血性疾病治疗中的应用情况。
• The outcomes of interest were amputation and limb salvage.
  其影响结果为截肢和保肢。
• In this paper, mechanism of limb rotation in growth strata and technique of seismic facies analysis are used.
  运用生长地层翼旋转机理和地震相分析技术对研究区的沉积类型、构造与沉积关系进行了分析。
• A muscle that extends a limb or other part.
  伸肌一块伸展肢体或其它部份的肌肉。
• Try to rest the injured limb as much as possible.
  尽量不要活动受伤的手臂。
• Rehabilitation for strain of lumbar muscles, sciatica, sprain, knee and ankle swelling, lower limb swelling etc.
  修复腰肌劳损、坐骨神经痛、扭伤、踝膝肿胀、下肢肿胀等；
• This therapeutic approach can lower mortality and limb amputation rate.
  该方法有助于降低病死率和截肢率。
• To explore the effect of Benzene on differentiation and proliferation of limb bud and midbrain cells.
  目的探讨苯对胚胎肢芽、中脑细胞分化和增殖的影响及对肢芽器官发育的影响。
• 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。