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Leg N Count Phrase Stand 例:The I Parts 例:He

单词 leg
音标
英[leg] 美[lɛɡ]
解释
n.腿;支柱,支架;裤腿;一段赛程;vi.<口>走,跑;
例句

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A person or animal's legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on.
例:He was tapping his walking stick against his leg.他用手杖轻敲着腿。

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(裤)腿
The legs of a pair of trousers are the parts that cover your legs.
例:He moved on through wet grass that soaked his trouser legs.他继续前行,穿过湿漉漉的草地,裤腿全湿透了。

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(供食用动物的)腿肉
A leg of lamb, pork, chicken, or other meat is a piece of meat that consists of the animal's or bird's leg, especially the thigh.
例:...a chicken leg.鸡腿
例:...a leg of mutton.羊腿

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(桌、椅等家具的)腿,脚
The legs of a table, chair, or other piece of furniture are the parts that rest on the floor and support the furniture's weight.
例:His ankles were tied to the legs of the chair...他的脚脖子被绑在椅腿上。
例:The teak table has fluted legs.这张柚木桌子的桌腿有凹槽纹饰。

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一段路程;一段旅程
A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop.
例:The first leg of the journey was by boat to Lake Naivasha in Kenya.行程的首段是乘船到肯尼亚的奈瓦沙湖。

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(系列赛中的)一场,一轮,一段
A leg of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find an overall winner.
例:The first round of the cup was decided over two legs...杯赛的首轮以两场分胜负。
例:They will televise both legs of Leeds' European Cup clash with Rangers.欧洲杯利兹联队与流浪者队的两场争夺战都将进行电视转播。

PHRASE
快跑;(尤指)逃开
If you leg it, you run very quickly, usually in order to escape from someone.
例:We saw some kids shinning up a drainpipe before legging it clutching a TV and hi-fi...我们看见几个年轻人爬上了排水管,后来就见他们提着一台电视机和音响跑掉了。
例:He was now to be seen legging it across the field.现在可以看到他快步跑过田地。

PHRASE
大势已去;玩儿完;没戏
If you say that something or someone is on their last legs, you mean that the period of time when they were successful or strong is ending.
例:This relationship is on its last legs.这段关系已经快玩儿完了。

PHRASE
戏弄;捉弄
If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke.
例:Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.我当然不会告诉他们啦。我跟你开玩笑的。

PHRASE
能够证实/无法证实;站得住脚/站不住脚
If you say that someone does not have a leg to stand on, or hasn't got a leg to stand on, you mean that a statement or claim they have made cannot be justified or proved.
例:It's only my word against his, I know. So I don't have a leg to stand on.现在是我和他各说各的,这我知道。所以我的话无法证实。

PHRASE
有持久力;有潜力
If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed.
例:The American economy still has legs.美国经济仍可持续发展。
变形
third:legs~pl:legs~ing:legging~past:legged~

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