一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

肢;臂;翼 [C]


例句:

He was very tall with long limbs.

他個(gè)兒很高,四肢很長(zhǎng)。


例句:

Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.

有些動(dòng)物能重生失去之肢。


枝干


例句:

A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.

一只灰色的松鼠在樹枝間跳來跳去。


例句:

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

她坐在一根大樹枝上往下看。


分支 [C]


例句:

A policeman is a limb of the law.

警察是執(zhí)法人員。


例句:

But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.

但是狒狒在進(jìn)化樹上處于另一個(gè)分支。


v.

肢解;切斷…的手足 [T]


例句:

The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.

警察很幸運(yùn),比我先找到了他。不然我真會(huì)把他大卸八塊的。


砍樹枝;從…上截下樹枝 [T]


例句:

The tree was felled and limbed.

樹被砍倒并截去枝條。


二、詞義辨析:


branch,limb,bough,shoot

這些名詞均含有“枝”之意。 branch普通用詞,泛指樹木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝,也可用于引申意義。 limb多指主枝或大枝。 bough指主枝或粗大強(qiáng)壯的枝。 shoot指植物或灌木剛長(zhǎng)出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。


三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):


hind limb

后肢


limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

肢節(jié)型肌營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良癥


phantom limb

幻肢


phantom limb pain

幻肢痛,假肢痛


四、參考例句:


He lost a limb in the battle.

他在戰(zhàn)斗中失去一肢。


Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.

有些動(dòng)物能重生失去之肢。


The dead limb was cut off the tree.

那根枯枝被從樹上砍了下來。


A policeman is a limb of the law.

警察是執(zhí)法人員。


Try to rest the injured limb as much as possible.

盡量不要活動(dòng)受傷的手臂。


A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.

一只灰色的松鼠在樹枝間跳來跳去。


Neurologic function score of hind limb was observed after operation.

觀察術(shù)后動(dòng)物后肢神經(jīng)功能評(píng)分。


The workers saw off a limb from the tree.

工人從樹上鋸下了一根大樹枝。


The fall tree limb leave a big indent on his car.

掉下來的樹枝在他的車上留下了一個(gè)大凹口。


It may progress to back and limb pain, muscle tenderness, and stiff neck.

它可能進(jìn)展為背部和四肢疼痛,肌肉敏感,頸部僵硬。