limb 音标拼音: [l'ɪm]
n . 四肢,枝干,翼,边缘
vt . 切断…之手足
四肢,枝干,翼,边缘切断…之手足
limb n 1 :
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping :
arm ;
leg ;
wing ;
flipper 2 :
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree [
synonym : {
limb }, {
tree branch }]
3 : (
astronomy )
the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet 4 :
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip ; "
the upper limb of the bow "
5 :
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles ; "
the limb of the sextant "
6 :
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm ; "
the arm of the record player "; "
an arm of the sea "; "
a branch of the sewer " [
synonym : {
arm }, {
branch }, {
limb }]
Limb \
Limb \,
v .
t .
1 .
To supply with limbs . [
R .] --
Milton .
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2 .
To dismember ;
to tear off the limbs of .
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Limb \
Limb \ (
l [
i ^]
m ),
n . [
OE .
lim ,
AS .
lim ;
akin to Icel .
limr limb ,
lim branch of a tree ,
Sw . &
Dan .
lem limb ;
cf .
also AS .
li [
eth ],
OHG .
lid ,
gilid ,
G .
glied ,
Goth .
li [
thorn ]
us .
Cf .
{
Lith }, {
Limber }.]
1 .
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs ;
a large branch .
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2 .
An arm or a leg of a human being ;
a leg ,
arm ,
or wing of an animal .
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A second Hector for his grim aspect ,
And large proportion of his strong -
knit limbs .
--
Shak .
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3 .
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of ,
or attachment to ,
something else . --
Shak .
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That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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4 .
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock .
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{
Limb of the law },
a lawyer or an officer of the law .
[
Colloq .] --
Landor .
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Limb \
Limb \,
n . [
L .
limbus border .
Cf . {
Limbo }, {
Limbus }.]
A border or edge ,
in certain special uses .
(
a ) (
Bot .)
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla ,
or of a petal ,
or sepal ;
blade .
(
b ) (
Astron .)
The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body ,
especially of the sun and moon .
(
c )
The graduated margin of an arc or circle ,
in an instrument for measuring angles .
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130 Moby Thesaurus words for "
limb ":
ankle ,
appendage ,
arm ,
bank ,
bar ,
bayonet legs ,
beam ,
bine ,
board ,
boom ,
border ,
bordure ,
bough ,
bowlegs ,
branch ,
branchedness ,
branchiness ,
brim ,
brink ,
brow ,
burgeon ,
calf ,
cant hook ,
claw bar ,
cnemis ,
coast ,
crank ,
crow ,
crowbar ,
deadwood ,
devil ,
drumstick ,
edge ,
enfant terrible ,
featheredge ,
flagellum ,
flange ,
foreleg ,
fork ,
frame ,
fringe ,
frond ,
gamb ,
gambrel ,
gigot ,
ham ,
hand ,
handspike ,
hem ,
hind leg ,
hock ,
imp ,
iron crow ,
jamb ,
jimmy ,
joint ,
knee ,
labellum ,
labium ,
labrum ,
ledge ,
leg ,
lever ,
limbus ,
link ,
lip ,
list ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
marge ,
margin ,
marlinespike ,
member ,
mischief ,
offshoot ,
organ ,
outrigger ,
peavey ,
pedal ,
pinch bar ,
pinion ,
podite ,
popliteal space ,
prize ,
pry ,
ragged edge ,
ramage ,
ramification ,
rapscallion ,
rascal ,
rim ,
ripping bar ,
rogue ,
runner ,
sarment ,
scalawag ,
scion ,
scissor -
legs ,
selvage ,
shank ,
shin ,
shoot ,
shore ,
side ,
sideline ,
skirt ,
slip ,
spar ,
spear ,
spray ,
sprig ,
sprit ,
sprout ,
spur ,
stems ,
stolon ,
stumps ,
sucker ,
switch ,
tail ,
tarsus ,
tendril ,
thallus ,
treadle ,
trotters ,
twig ,
verge ,
villain ,
wing ,
wrecking bar
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