limb

limb1
noun
  1. an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing
    （人、四足动物的）肢，肢体；（鸟的）翼
    ■a large branch of a tree
    （树的）大枝，主枝
    ■a projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago
    突出的地貌（如山鼻子）；叉形半岛两个叉枝之一（或群岛的多个叉枝之一）
    ■a projecting section of a building
    （建筑物的）突出部分
    ■a branch of a cross
    十字形四个分支中的一个
    ■each half of an archery bow
    弓把的上部（或下部）
常用词组
life and limb
  1. life and all bodily faculties
    生命，性命
    a reckless disregard for life and limb.
    毫不顾及他人的生死安危。
out on a limb
  1. isolated
    孤立的
    Aberdeen is rather out on a limb.
    阿伯丁市僻处一隅，地位孤立。
  2. in or into a position where one is not joined or supported by anyone else
    独立从事
    going out on a limb to support unglamorous causes.
    单枪匹马支持毫无吸引力的事业。
tear someone limb from limb
  1. violently dismember someone
    肢解（某人）
派生
limbed
adjective [in combination]
  1. long-limbed.
limbless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English lim (also in the sense 'organ or part of the body'), of Germanic origin
limb2
noun
  1. (Astronomy)the edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon
    (天文)（日月等天体的）边缘
  2. (Botany)the blade or broad part of a leaf or petal
    (植)冠檐，萼檐
    ■the spreading upper part of a tube-shaped flower
    （管状花的）瓣片
  3. the graduated arc of a quadrant or other scientific instrument, used for measuring angles
    （四分仪等科学仪器上测量角度的）分度弧
语源
  1. late Middle English: from French limbe or Latin limbus 'hem, border'
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