an arm or a leg; a similar part of an animal, such as a wing 肢；臂；腿；翼；翅膀 Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1I stretched my limbs lazily as I sat up. 我坐起来的时候懒懒地伸展了一下四肢。 The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs. 这种动物能够用后肢站立。 The missing limb did not lessen the quality of the cat's life. 少了一条腿并没有影响那只猫的生活质量。 Two arms reached around her flailing limbs. 两只手臂抱住了她胡乱挥舞的肢体。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- slender
- …
- amputate
- sever
- lose
- …
- development
- growth
- amputation
- …
- -limbed
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of limbs mentioned 有…肢（或翼、翅膀）的 long-limbed 四肢细长的 loose-limbed 四肢柔软灵活的
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics a large branch of a tree （树的）大枝，主枝 
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Word OriginOld English lim (also in the sense ‘organ or part of the body’), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
out on a limb
risk life and limb
(also risk your neck)
to risk being killed or injured in order to do something 冒死；不惜受伤 She risked life and limb to save her children from the fire. 为了冒着生命危险，她冒着生命危险挽救了自己的孩子。
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- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
tear/rip somebody limb from limb
- (often humorous)
to attack somebody very violently 猛烈攻击某人