音标:[lim] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 四肢, 枝干, 翼, 边缘
vt. 切断...之手足
n. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
n. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
n. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
n. either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
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limb的用法和样例:

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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. He was very tall with long limbs.他个儿很高,四肢很长。
  2. She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
life and limb
    生命危险one's survival from accident or injury
out on a limb
    孤立无助alone without support
sound in wind and limb
    体格强健physically fit
tear limb from limb
    猛击(某人)attack sb very violentlytear sb limb from limb

    We tear the enemies limb from limb.

    我们猛击敌人。

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

经典引文

  • He had an artificial limb, for he had lost a leg in the war.

    出自:C. Blackwood
  • They climbed down from..the lorries and stretched their stiff limbs.

    出自:M. Scammell
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