leg
n
1 [C] one of the limbs of an animal's or person's body used for standing and walking 腿
have long, short, straight, crooked, skinny, sturdy, bandy, shapely, etc legs 有長、 短、 直、 曲、 皮包骨、 敦實、 羅圈、 勻稱等的腿
the powerful back legs of a frog 青蛙強有力的後腿
the long thin legs of a spider 蜘蛛細長的腿
a gammy (ie lame) leg 跛腿. =>illus at human 見human插圖.
2 [C, U] this part of an animal used as food 動物的腿(用作食物): a leg of lamb 羊腿
Would you like some leg or some breast (eg of turkey)? 你要腿肉還是胸脯肉(如火雞)?
3 [C] part of a garment covering this limb 褲腿
The leg of my tights has torn. 我的褲襪的褲腿破了. * a trouser leg 一條褲腿.
4 [C] one of the supports of a chair, table, etc (桌椅等的)腿
a chair with one leg missing 缺一條腿的椅子.
5 [C]
(a) section of a journey 一段行程
The last leg of our trip was the most tiring. 我們旅行的最後一段行程最累人.
(b) (sport 體) one of a series of matches between the same opponents (一連串比賽中的)一局, 一場, 一項.
6 [U] (in cricket) part of the field to the left of the wicket-keeper and behind the batsman (板球)三柱門守門員左方與擊球員後方之間的場地
long, short, square leg, ie fieldsmen at various positions there 在此場地遠離擊球員的、 靠近擊球員的、 靠近三柱門的外場員
[attrib 作定語]
a leg break, ie a ball bowled so as to move away from this side 在此場地反彈後離開此場地的球
a leg glance, ie a stroke by batsman that sends the ball there 擊球員將球擊入此場地的一擊
the leg stump, ie the stump nearest this 三柱門中最靠近此場地的一柱.
7 (idm 習語) as fast as one's legs can carry one => fast1 adv. be all `legs (derog 貶) have legs that are disproportionately long and thin 腿過分瘦長. be on one's/its last legs => last1. be on one's `legs (joc 謔)
(a) be standing, esp to make a speech 站著(尤指演說).
(b) (infml 口) (after an illness) be well enough to walk about (病後)康復至可以走動. Cf 參看 on one's hind legs (hind1). give sb a `leg up (infml 口)
(a) help sb to mount a horse, climb a wall, etc 幫助某人上馬、 登墻等.
(b) (fig 比喻) use money or influence to help sb 用錢或影響力幫助某人. have hollow legs => hollow. have, etc one's tail between one's legs => tail. ,leg before `wicket (abbr 縮寫 lbw) (in cricket) way in which a batsman may be out because of illegally obstructing, with a leg or some other part of the body, a ball that would otherwise have hit the wicket (板球中)擊球員用腿或其他部位對可能擊中三柱門的好球作違例阻擋而犯規出局. not have a ,leg to `stand on (infml 口) have nothing to support one's opinion, justify one's actions, etc (論點等)站不住腳; (對行為)無合理解釋等. pull sb's leg=> pull2. shake a leg => shake1. show a leg => show2.stretch one's legs => stretch. talk the hind legsoff a donkey => talk2. walk one's legs off => walk1.walk sb off his feet/legs => walk1. leg, v (idm 習語) `leg it (infml 口) go on foot 步行
It's no use, the car won't start we'll have to leg it. 沒用了, 汽車發動不起來了--我們只好走著去了.
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快樂(le)的哥哥(le) 腿跑得真快
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*[leg]n. 腿, 假腿, 路程vi. 走, 跑【化】 焊腳; 焊角; (角焊)角邊; 支架; 腿【醫】 腿(尤指小腿)相關詞組: have not a leg to stand on have sb by the leg leg and leg make a leg pull sb's leg show a leg show leg try it on the other leg get a leg in give sb a leg up hang a leg have a bone in one's leg