extremity

CET-4 FREQ #43489

n. 极端, 极点, 困境, 绝境 [医] 肢, 端

发音

UK /ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/
AU
UK /ɛk-/
US /ɪkˈstɹɛməti/
US /-ɾi/

词形变化

extremities 复数 extremities extremitys extremitys 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The most extreme or furthest point of something.

    末端

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  2. 2.

    An extreme measure.

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  3. 3.

    A hand or foot.

    四肢

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    Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.

  4. 4.

    A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

member appendage

上位词 7

part region hardship adversity hard knocks ultimacy ultimateness

下位词 10

end hand finger bound limit extreme toe terminal claw limb

整体词 1

limb

相关短语

New French Extremity

词源

From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitātem (“extremity; border, perimeter; ending”), from extrēmīs (“furthest, extreme”) + -itās (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); see extreme. Extrēmīs is derived from exter (“external, outward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + -issimus (superlative suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (comparative suffix) + *-(t)m̥mo- (absolutive case suffix)).

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