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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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. [ 1913 Webster] A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong- knit limbs. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. [ 1913 Webster] { Limb of the law}, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [ Colloq.] -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 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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