limbing

1. [C]肢 a leg or arm of a person or animal
2. [C]大树枝 a branch of a tree

• amputate a limb截肢
• cut off the limb砍掉树枝
• stretch limbs伸展四肢

• fallen limb落下的树枝
• artificial limb假肢
• the lower limb下肢
• weak limbs软弱无力的四肢

• tremble in every limb四肢发抖
• on a limb在树枝上
• out on a limb处于孤立

lower limb[医]下肢；腿

out on a limb孤立无援；处于危险的境地

upper limb上肢；上翼；上边缘

artificial limb n. 假肢

life and limb 生命(危险) [常用于 risk 之后] , 生命；性命

hind limb后肢

phantom limb[医]幻肢

1. Men and women have four limbs; two arms and two legs.
   人都有四肢，两只胳膊两条腿。
2. He stood up and stretched his limbs.
   他站起来,伸了伸胳膊和腿。
3. A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
   一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。
4. The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
   工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。
5. She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.
   她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。
6. The falling tree limb left a big indent on his car.
   掉下来的树枝在他的车上留下了一个大凹口。