limb
英 [lɪm]
美[lɪm]
- n. 肢，臂；分支；枝干
- vt. 切断…的手足；从…上截下树枝
- n. (Limb)人名；(朝)林；(英)利姆
英英释意
- 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"