limb
/lɪm/ (bre, ipa) · /lɪm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlim/ (ame, mw)
limb — 名詞
- limbsingular
- limbsplural
1. Any of the long projecting parts of the human body — the arms and legs — or a si
肢體
人或動物的手臂或腿
Any of the long projecting parts of the human body — the arms and legs — or a similar outer body part that an animal uses to move, climb, or hold things.
Mira broke her lower limb in a skiing accident and used crutches for two months.
Mira 在滑雪意外中摔斷了下肢，拄了兩個月的拐杖。
collocation: lower limb / upper limb
The lizard can grow back a lost limb over several weeks, which fascinates biologists.
蜥蜴可以在幾週內重新長回失去的肢體，令生物學家著迷。
collocation: lost limb
After the long race, Christopher's limbs felt so heavy he could barely lift them.
長跑結束時，Christopher 的四肢沉重到幾乎抬不起來。
Regular stretching keeps your limbs flexible and helps prevent injuries during exercise.
定期伸展能保持你的肢體靈活，有助預防運動傷害。
Ife lost the use of one limb after a serious infection damaged the nerves.
Ife 因一次嚴重的感染傷到神經，喪失了一肢的活動能力。
文法句型
[possessive] + limb
limb + of + [person/animal]
用法筆記
When talking about one specific arm or leg, English speakers often use 'arm' or 'leg' rather than 'limb'. The word 'limb' is most common in medical contexts, in plural form ('limbs'), or when the distinction between arm and leg is not important.
常見錯誤
2. One of the thick, strong branches that grow out from the central trunk of a tree
主枝；粗枝
樹木從主幹長出的大分枝
One of the thick, strong branches that grow out from the central trunk of a tree, usually larger and more solid than ordinary twigs.
A strong wind snapped a thick limb off the old oak tree in Paloma's garden.
一陣強風折斷了 Paloma 花園裡那棵老橡樹的一根粗枝。
collocation: snapped a limb / thick limb
The children built a tree house on the lowest limb of the banyan tree.
孩子們在榕樹最低的主枝上蓋了一間樹屋。
Mayumi climbed onto a sturdy limb to get a better view of the festival parade.
Mayumi 爬上一根穩固的主枝，想看清楚節慶遊行。
The gardener cut away a dead limb that could have fallen on the house below.
園丁鋸掉了一根枯死的粗枝，免得它掉到下面的房子上。
Birds sat on a high limb and sang loudly every morning at daybreak.
鳥兒每天清晨棲在高枝上大聲歌唱。
文法句型
limb + of + [tree]
tree + limb
用法筆記
When used for a tree, 'limb' suggests a thick, main branch growing directly from the trunk, whereas 'branch' can refer to any size from a small twig upward. 'Bough' is a near-synonym for a large limb but sounds more literary.
常見錯誤
limb — 動詞
- limbpresent simple I / you / we / they
- limbs3rd person singular
- limbing-ing form
- limbedpast simple
1. To cut or tear off the arms, legs, or other outer body parts from a body, typica
肢解
切斷或移除四肢
To cut or tear off the arms, legs, or other outer body parts from a body, typically that of a dead animal during butchery or hunting.
The hunter used a sharp knife to limb the deer before carrying it to camp.
獵人用一把鋒利的刀肢解了鹿，再扛回營地。
technical register: used in hunting
In some rural areas, butchers learn to limb large animals as part of their training.
在一些鄉村地區，屠夫在訓練中會學習肢解大型動物。
technical register: butchery
Traditional hunters in the region limb the animal on the spot to make it lighter to carry.
當地的傳統獵人會當場肢解獵物，以減輕搬運的重量。
The instructional guide shows how to limb a deer without damaging the meat.
操作指南說明了如何肢解一隻鹿而不損壞肉質。
文法句型
limb + [animal body]
用法筆記
This sense is highly technical or literary. In everyday English, 'dismember' is far more common than 'limb' for this meaning. You will rarely encounter 'limb' used as a verb in general conversation.
2. To remove the large side branches from a tree that has been cut down, as part of
砍除樹枝
砍掉已砍下的樹木的枝幹
To remove the large side branches from a tree that has been cut down, as part of preparing the wood for transport or further processing.
After cutting down the pines, the workers limbed them before loading the logs.
工人砍倒松樹後，先砍除樹枝，再把圓木裝上卡車。
technical register: forestry
Selim spent the afternoon limbing the felled oaks and stacking the firewood.
Selim 花了一下午砍除已砍下的橡樹的枝幹，再把柴火堆好。
The forestry team limbed each fallen trunk before taking it to the sawmill.
林業團隊砍除了每根倒下的樹幹上的枝幹，再送往鋸木廠。
A worker with a chainsaw can limb a cut tree in just a few minutes.
一名拿著鏈鋸的工人只需幾分鐘就能砍除一棵砍倒的樹的枝幹。
文法句型
limb + [felled tree]
用法筆記
A specialised term used in forestry and logging. The more common everyday words for removing branches from a tree are 'prune' (for living trees) or 'trim' (general). This sense only applies after the tree has been cut down.