Limb

(noun.) the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; 'the limb of the sextant'.

(noun.) either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; 'the upper limb of the bow'.

(noun.) one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.

(noun.) (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.

(noun.) any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree.

编辑:娜塔莎

• And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Where I came from if a man dares to say a word in favor of the Union we hang him to a limb of the first tree we come to. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They slice around the bone a little, then break off the limb. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She gave him a low, grave bow when he left, and he felt more awkward and self-conscious in every limb than he had ever done in all his life before. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I was trying to turn myself a few minutes since, and find I cannot move a limb. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The old man opposite to her did not say a word, but flushed up and began to tremble in every limb. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The beasts tore the victims limb from limb and made poor mangled corpses of them in the twinkling of an eye. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was but a short time before the last vestige of its body, root and limb had disappeared, the fragments taken as trophies. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Though clear of mind and fairly strong of limb, I knew that my own fate was sealed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Nearer and nearer she came to where Tarzan of the Apes crouched upon his limb, the coils of his long rope poised ready in his hand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• What's his limbs to that! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He is aware of the importance of 'classifying according to nature,' and will try to 'separate the limbs of science without breaking them' (PhaeDr.). 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The child, a boy of ten months, was uncommonly large and strong of his age, and very vigorous in his limbs. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Then from whence, my friends, in a human point of view, do we derive the strength that is necessary to our limbs? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Oh, my eyes and limbs--goroo! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A fierce electric energy seemed to flow over all his limbs, his muscles were surcharged, his hands felt hard with strength. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Gerald, full-limbed and turgid with energy, stood unwilling to go, he was held by the presence of the other man. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Apparently he had not aged a minute, but was still the straight, clean-limbed fighting-man of thirty. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He was a broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The fellow in the doorway was goodlooking and clean-limbed, his bearing was calm, he looked elegant, aristocratic. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She was in person full-limbed and somewhat heavy; without ruddiness, as without pallor; and soft to the touch as a cloud. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Gudrun was very beautiful, passive, soft-skinned, soft-limbed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• D'Arnot saw a clean-limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the firelight and come quickly toward him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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