首頁英語詞典limblimb英英釋意

limb

英 [l?m] 美[l?m]
  • n. 肢,臂;分支;枝干
  • vt. 切斷…的手足;從…上截下樹枝
  • n. (Limb)人名;(朝)林;(英)利姆

英英釋意


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
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 an arm;
"the arm of the record player"
"an arm of the sea"
"a branch of the sewer"