limb基本解释
n.肢体；枝干；树枝
vt.肢解
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过去式: limbed 过去分词: limbed 现在分词: limbing 第三人称单数: limbs
n.肢体；枝干；树枝
vt.肢解
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过去式: limbed 过去分词: limbed 现在分词: limbing 第三人称单数: limbs
noun
1. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
e.g. the arm of the record player
an arm of the sea
a branch of the sewer
Synonym: armbranch
2. the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
e.g. the limb of the sextant
3. either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
e.g. the upper limb of the bow
4. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm
leg
wing
flipper
5. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
6. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Synonym: tree branch
1. 肢；臂；腿
Your limbs 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
The limbs of a tree are its branches.
e.g. 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。
3. 冒着遭受失败（或指责）的风险；处于孤立无援的境地
If someone goes out 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 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。
4. 撕裂…的肢体
If someone threatens to tear you limb 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 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。
5. to risk life and limb -> 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.
He had an artificial limb, for he had lost a leg in the war.
出自：C. BlackwoodThey climbed down from..the lorries and stretched their stiff limbs.
出自：M. Scammell
