1. 翼，翅膀
2. 分支
3. 肢，臂，腿，脚
4. 大树枝，主枝
5. 延伸部分
6. 突出部，突出物
7. 分度弧
8. 【天】边缘
9. 【数】刻度圈
10. 【植】叶边
11. 执行者，代理人

1. 肢解（躯体）
2. 给...截肢，割断...的四肢，切断...之手足
3. 从（砍倒的树上）截去树枝，砍树枝

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

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 a human arm;

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

1.肢；臂；腿
Yourlimbs are your arms and legs.

e.g. She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.
她将能伸展一下蜷缩的四肢，休息几个小时。

2.树枝
Thelimbs of a tree are its branches.

e.g. This entire rickety structure was hanging from thelimb of an enormous leafy tree.
这整个快要散架的搭建物吊挂在一棵枝繁叶茂的大树的枝杈上。

3.冒着遭受失败（或指责）的风险；处于孤立无援的境地
If someone goesout on a limb, they do something they strongly believe in even though it is risky or extreme, and is likely to fail or be criticized by other people.

e.g. They can see themselves going out on alimb, voting for a very controversial energy bill.
他们可以预见到要是给极具争议性的能源法案投赞成票，可能会陷入孤立。

4.撕裂…的肢体
If someone threatens totear youlimb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.

e.g. The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn himlimb fromlimb.
警察很幸运，比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。

5. to risk life andlimb -> see life

1. 边缘：此外在月球背后边缘(limb)的一些区域,则需要等待适当的日子,到月球的天秤动(Librations月球运动中的轻微摆动) 将它们带至我们见到的一面的边缘时,始可以见到(我们只能见到整个月球表面的百分之五十九).

2. 肢：腿(leg )不说腿,而要称为长肢(limb),妻子(wife)也不能直呼妻子,而要以女士(lady)相称. 另外,「乳房」也不能说,只好以胸怀(bosom )来一笔带过.

1. He was very tall with long limbs.
   他个儿很高,四肢很长。
2. She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.
   她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。

life and limb

生命危险one's survival from accident or injury

out on a limb

孤立无助alone without support

sound in wind and limb

体格强健physically fit

tear limb from limb

猛击(某人)attack sb very violently
tear sb limb from limb

We tear the enemies limb from limb.

我们猛击敌人。

• He had an artificial limb, for he had lost a leg in the war.

  出自：C. Blackwood

• They climbed down from..the lorries and stretched their stiff limbs.

  出自：M. Scammell

branch，limb，bough，shoot

这些名词均含有“枝”之意。

branch普通用词，泛指树木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意义。

limb多指主枝或大枝。

bough指主枝或粗大强壮的枝。

shoot指植物或灌木刚长出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的lim，意为肢。