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limb n.肢体；枝干；树枝vt.肢解 (1) 人都有四肢，两只胳膊两条腿。(2) 他站起来,伸了伸胳膊和腿。(3) 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。(4) 工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。(5) 她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。(6) 掉下来的树枝在他的车上留下了一个大凹口。 Arms, legs, wings, flippers — these are all examples of limbs. But we shouldn't leave out the trees. They've got plenty of large branches or limbs as well. In fact, when you expose yourself to potentially negative consequences in order to help someone else, it's called "going out on a limb" — like crawling out on a big tree branch. Not a flipper.

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英 [lɪm] 美 [lɪm] (1) Men and women have four limbs; two arms and two legs.(2) He stood up and stretched his limbs.(3) A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.(4) The workers saw off a limb from the tree.(5) She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.(6) The falling tree limb left a big indent on his car. Willing to pay an arm and a leg for those World Series tickets? Then you're willing to give up two of your limbs for the season's biggest baseball games. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]肢；臂；腿 Your limbs are your arms and legs.   [usu pl]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[N-COUNT 可数名词]树枝 The limbs of a tree are its branches.   [LITERARY 文]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[PHRASE 短语]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.   [PHR after v]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[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]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；

英语单词	limb
英美音标	英 [lɪm] 美 [lɪm]
中文释义	n.肢体；枝干；树枝 vt.肢解
英语例句	(1) Men and women have four limbs; two arms and two legs. (2) He stood up and stretched his limbs. (3) A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb. (4) The workers saw off a limb from the tree. (5) She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down. (6) The falling tree limb left a big indent on his car.
中文例句	(1) 人都有四肢，两只胳膊两条腿。 (2) 他站起来,伸了伸胳膊和腿。 (3) 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。 (4) 工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。 (5) 她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。 (6) 掉下来的树枝在他的车上留下了一个大凹口。
vocabulary简明	Willing to pay an arm and a leg for those World Series tickets? Then you're willing to give up two of your limbs for the season's biggest baseball games.
vocabulary扩展	Arms, legs, wings, flippers — these are all examples of limbs. But we shouldn't leave out the trees. They've got plenty of large branches or limbs as well. In fact, when you expose yourself to potentially negative consequences in order to help someone else, it's called "going out on a limb" — like crawling out on a big tree branch. Not a flipper.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]肢；臂；腿 Your limbs are your arms and legs. [usu pl] 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 [N-COUNT 可数名词]树枝 The limbs of a tree are its branches. [LITERARY 文] 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 [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR after v] 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 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 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 ；

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