n.(名词)

1. 翼，翅膀
2. 分支
3. 肢，臂，腿，脚
4. 大树枝，主枝
5. 延伸部分
6. 突出部，突出物
7. 分度弧
8. 【天】边缘
9. 【数】刻度圈
10. 【植】叶边
11. 执行者，代理人

v.(动词)

1. 肢解（躯体）
2. 给...截肢，割断...的四肢，切断...之手足
3. 从（砍倒的树上）截去树枝，砍树枝

n.(名词)

1. [C]肢 a leg or arm of a person or animal
2. [C]大树枝 a branch of a tree

Noun:

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;

   "the upper limb of the bow"
   

5. the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;

   "the limb of the sextant"
   

6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm;

   "the arm of the record player"
   "an arm of the sea"
   "a branch of the sewer"
   

1.肢；臂；腿
Yourlimbs are your arms and legs.

e.g. 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。

2.树枝
Thelimbs of a tree are its branches.

e.g. This entire rickety structure was hanging from thelimb 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。

3.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.

e.g. They can see themselves going out on alimb, 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。

4.撕裂…的肢体
If someone threatens totear youlimb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.

e.g. The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn himlimb fromlimb.
警察很幸运，比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。

5. to risk life andlimb -> see life

1. 边缘：此外在月球背后边缘(limb)的一些区域,则需要等待适当的日子,到月球的天秤动(Librations月球运动中的轻微摆动) 将它们带至我们见到的一面的边缘时,始可以见到(我们只能见到整个月球表面的百分之五十九).

2. 肢：腿(leg )不说腿,而要称为长肢(limb),妻子(wife)也不能直呼妻子,而要以女士(lady)相称. 另外,「乳房」也不能说,只好以胸怀(bosom )来一笔带过.

Men and women have four limbs; two arms and two legs.

人都有四肢，两只胳膊两条腿。

He stood up and stretched his limbs.

他站起来,伸了伸胳膊和腿。

A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.

一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。

The workers saw off a limb from the tree.

工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。

She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.

她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。

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。

an artificial limb

假肢

For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.

好一会儿她四肢都动弹不得。

long-limbed

四肢细长

loose-limbed

四肢柔软灵活

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？

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。

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。

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。

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。

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.

She escaped from her kidnappers with life and limb.

她从绑架者手中安然逃脱.

Methods: The imaging findings of ascending venography in 80 sides limb were reviewed retrospectively.

方法回顾性分析80侧下肢静脉顺行造影的影像学所见.

The fall tree limb leave 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.

Anyone who could climb all these stairs was sound enough in wind and limb.

任何能爬上这么多阶梯的人体格非常强健.

Next, the researchers stimulated both the affected and unaffected limb at the same time.

下一步, 研究人员同时刺激麻木与不麻木的肢体.

Leg: In a Biped, the limb, jointedthe knee, supporting the Body and for walking and running.

腿: 两足动物的下肢, 与膝部连接, 用于支撑身体并用来行走和奔跑.

Then follow the terminator to the moon's lower limb to locate the lunar south pole.

然后沿着月球明暗线的下部分就找到月球南极点.

Where can I get the limousine ['limb ( : ) zi: n ] for Hilton Hotel?

在哪里可搭乘希尔顿饭店的接泊巴士?

The vasoconstriction sends the lower limb vascular occlusion, hypertension, the stroke and so on.

血管收缩而致下肢血管闭塞 、 高血压 、 中风等.

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.

Method: 38 cases with lower limb DVT were examined by CDU.

方法: 对38例下肢DVT患者进行CDU检查.

The limb of a cockroach can participate in multiple behaviors. These include walking, righting and scratching.

一只蟑螂的肢体可以参与多种行为, 包括行走 、 翻身以及抓.

Facing Push Hands devices, able to exercise upper limb muscles.

直面太极推手器, 能够锻炼上肢肌肉.

She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.

她坐在一根大树枝上往下看.

One mast, next return Ralph found himself alone on a limb with Jack.

又一个来回时拉尔夫发现自己同杰克一块儿扛一根大树枝.

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。

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 violently
tear sb limb from limb

We tear the enemies limb from limb.

我们猛击敌人。

动词+～

• limb">amputate a limb截肢
• limb">cut off the limb砍掉树枝
• limbs">stretch limbs伸展四肢

形容词+～

• limb">fallen limb落下的树枝
• limb">artificial limb假肢
• limb">the lower limb下肢
• limbs">weak limbs软弱无力的四肢

介词+～

• limb">tremble in every limb四肢发抖
• limb">on a limb在树枝上
• limb">out on a limb处于孤立

• 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

branch，limb，bough，shoot

这些名词均含有“枝”之意。

branch普通用词，泛指树木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意义。

limb多指主枝或大枝。

bough指主枝或粗大强壮的枝。

shoot指植物或灌木刚长出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的lim，意为肢。