limb
n. 四肢, 枝干, 翼, 边缘 vt. 切断...之手足
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教材释义与例句
切断…的手足；从…上截下树枝
释义与例句
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A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
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手脚
四肢
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A branch of a tree.
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The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
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An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
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A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
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Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).
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The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
天文the solar limb
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The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
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The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
生物 植物学
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To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
支解
及物They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
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To supply with limbs.
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To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
及物Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.
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From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.
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