Leg
[leg] or [lɛɡ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.
(noun.) a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg.
(noun.) one of the supports for a piece of furniture.
(noun.) a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle.
(noun.) a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion.
(noun.) the limb of an animal used for food.
校對:罗伯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
(n.) That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.
(n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
(n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
(n.) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
(n.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
(n.) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.
(n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
(n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
(v. t.) To use as a leg, with it as object
(v. t.) To bow.
(v. t.) To run.
整理:米切尔
解釋/意思:
n. one of the limbs by which animals walk: a long slender support of anything as of a table: (fig.) something that supports: in cricket that part of the field or that fielder to the left of and behind the batsman as he faces the bowler.—v.i. to pass on briskly often with indef. it.—ns. Leg′-bail (see Bail); Leg′-bus′iness ballet-dancing; Leg′-bye in cricket a run made when the ball touches any part of the batsman's person except his hand.—adj. Legged having legs.—ns. Leg′ging an outer and extra gaiter-like covering for the legs; Leg′gism character of a blackleg.—adj. Leg′gy having disproportionately long and lank legs.—n. Leg′-ī′ron a fetter for the leg.—adj. Leg′less without legs.—Change the leg (of a horse) to change the gait; Feel one's legs (of an infant) to begin to support one's self on the legs; Find one's legs to become habituated to to attain ease in; Give a leg to to assist by supporting the leg; In high leg in great excitement; Make a leg (Shak.) to make a bow; On one's last legs (see Last); On one's legs standing esp. to speak; Upon its legs in an independent position.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
If you dream of admiring well-shaped feminine legs, you will lose your judgment, and act very silly over some fair charmer. To see misshapen legs, denotes unprofitable occupations and ill-tempered comrades. A wounded leg, foretells losses and agonizing attacks of malaria. To dream that you have a wooden leg, denotes that you will bemean yourself in a false way to your friends. If ulcers are on your legs, it signifies a drain on your income to aid others. To dream that you have three, or more, legs, indicates that more enterprises are planned in your imagination than will ever benefit you. If you can't use your legs, it portends poverty. To have a leg amputated, you will lose valued friends, and the home influence will render life unbearable. For a young woman to admire her own legs, denotes vanity, and she will be repulsed by the man she admires. If she has hairy legs, she will dominate her husband. If your own legs are clean and well shaped, it denotes a happy future and devoted friends.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I took advantage of a moment when Joe had just looked at me, and got my bread and butter down my leg. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I don't,' said Boffin, in a free-handed manner, 'want to tie a literary man--WITH a wooden leg--down too tight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Well, you know, Chettam, said Mr. Brooke, good-humoredly, nursing his leg, I can't turn my back on Dorothea. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My leg, which you inquire after, is now quite well. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- How's your leg, Tenente? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I can't very well do it myself; because my back's so bad, and my legs are so queer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Old Uncle Peter sung both de legs out of dat oldest cheer, last week, suggested Mose. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But, bless you, I'm strong on my legs still! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- His last effort was made, when we had looked at our watches, and had got on our legs previous to taking leave. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was bow-legged from much horseback riding. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The Muhammadan merchant, tinman, shoemaker, or vendor of trifles sits cross-legged on the floor and reaches after any article you may want to buy. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A short man was his Lordship, broad-chested and bow-legged, but proud of the fineness of his foot and ankle, and always caressing his garter-knee. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She followed him behind the dell of brambles to his wheeled dwelling into which Venn mounted, placing the three-legged stool just within the door. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He is interested in his very boots and observes even them attentively as Mr. George sits smoking cross-legged in the chimney-corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Yer as good as there,' said the long-legged tramper, pointing out before him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- What manner of thing was upon me I did not know, but that it was large and heavy and many-legged I could feel. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
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