limbs

英 [lɪmz]

美 [lɪmz]

n.  肢; 臂; 腿; 翼; 翅膀; 有…肢(或翼、翅膀)的; (树的)大枝，主枝
limb的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent.
  她的四肢非常纤细，几乎是透明的。
• He fell down the stairs, giving him paraplegia of the upper limbs.
  他从楼上摔下，造成高位截瘫。
• ( of limbs and feet) adapted for digging.
  （肢和脚）适合挖掘。
• Devastating injuries on human limbs.
  对人类肢体产生破坏性的伤害。
• Go out and stretch your limbs.
  出去活动活动。
• The limbs swell to an enormous size.
  四肢肿得不得了。
• Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool.
  病人们在泳池里锻炼萎缩的四肢。
• Untreated, leprosy can cause progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes.
  如不进行治疗，麻风可对皮肤、神经、肢体和眼睛造成渐进性的永久损害。
• We had friends and classmates with crutches or leg braces and crippled limbs.
  我们有过使用拐杖或下肢支具和支体残废的朋友及同学。
• I felt new strength in all my limbs.
  我感到四肢充满了新的力量。