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leg BODY PARTlegnone of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing or walking, or one of the thin vertical parts of an object on which it stands腿He broke his leg skiing. [C]他滑雪时把腿给摔断了。The horse broke its front leg in the fall. [C]那匹马跌倒时把一条前腿摔断了。The table/bed/chair has carved legs. [C]这桌子/床/椅子的腿是雕琢过的。I don't remember what it was that she was wearing but she was certainly showing a lot of leg (= a large area of her legs could be seen). [U]我想不起来她那时穿得什么，但是她肯定大部分腿露了出来。The leg of a piece of clothing is the part you put your leg in. [C]裤腿This leaves us without a leg to stand on/We haven't got a leg to stand on (= we have no good arguments to support our case).这使得我们的辩解站不住脚。(Br slightly taboo slang) For a man, to get his leg over is to have sex.发生性行为(infml) You give someone a leg up by helping them to climb over something, or (fig. dated) by helping them to improve their situation, esp. at work.托一把; 帮助某人，协助某人度过困难(Am) If you have a leg up on someone you have an advantage over them.具有优势If someone pulls your leg they try to persuade you to believe something which is not true as a joke.愚弄，开玩笑Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?这真的是你的汽车还是你在和我开玩笑。He's a great leg-puller.他非常会愚弄人。In the game of cricket, leg before wicket (abbreviation lbw) means your time as the person trying to hit the ball is ended because the ball has hit your leg when it should not have.击球员犯规用腿截球。"Four legs good, two legs bad"(George Orwell in the book Animal Farm, 1945)“四条腿的好，两条腿的坏”（引自乔治·奥威尔《动物农场》）
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