及物动词
名词
1. 肢;臂;腿
Your limbs are your arms and legs.
2. 树枝
The limbs of a tree are its branches.
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.
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.
5. to risk life and limb - see life
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
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