及物动词

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Dance

人体或其他物体的一部分（PART OF YOUR BODY OR OFSOMETHING ELSE）

1. 手臂;上肢
Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.

2. 衣袖;袖子
The arm of a piece of clothing is the part of it that covers your arm.

3. （椅子的）靠手，扶手
The arm of a chair is the part on which you rest your arm when you are sitting down.

4. （物体的）臂，杆
An arm of an object is a long thin part of it that sticks out from the main part.

5. （陆地的）狭长地带;狭长港湾
An arm of land or water is a long thin area of it that is joined to a broader area.

6. 分支机构；部门
An arm of an organization is a section of it that operates in a particular country or that deals with a particular activity.

7. 臂挽臂地
If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked.

8. （价格）昂贵
If you say that something costs an arm and a leg, you mean that it is very expensive.

9. 一臂之远；在伸手可及处
If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.

10. 与…保持距离
If you keep someone at arm's length, you avoid becoming too friendly or involved with them.

11. （清单）很长
If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.

12. 热烈地;友好地
If you welcome some action or change with open arms, you are very pleased about it. If you welcome a person with open arms, you are very pleased about their arrival.

13. 说服
If you twist someone's arm, you persuade them to do something.

1. the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

2. 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: branchlimb

3. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

Synonym: sleeve

4. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

e.g. he was licensed to carry a weapon

Synonym: weaponweapon system

5. a human limb
technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

6. a division of some larger or more complex organization

e.g. a branch of Congress
botany is a branch of biology
the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages

Synonym: branchsubdivision