1
- an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.（人、四足动物的）肢, 肢体; （鸟的）翼。
1.1
- a large branch of a tree（树的）大枝, 主枝。
1.2
- a projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago突出的地貌（如山鼻子）; 叉形半岛两个叉枝之一（或群岛的多个叉枝之一）。
1.3
- a projecting section of a building（建筑物的）突出部分。
1.4
- a branch of a cross十字形四个分支中的一个。
1.5
- each half of an archery bow弓把的上部（或下部）。
短语
life and limb
- life and all bodily faculties生命及全部身体机能：
a reckless disregard for life and limb.
毫不顾及他人的生死安危。
out on a limb
1
- isolated孤立的：
Aberdeen is rather out on a limb.
阿伯丁市僻处一隅, 地位孤立。
2
- in or into a position where one is not joined or supported by anyone else独立从事：
going out on a limb to support unglamorous causes.
单枪匹马支持毫无吸引力的事业。
tear someone limb from limb
- violently dismember someone残暴地肢解（某人）。
派生词
limbed
adjective肢体长的
limbless
adjective词源
Old English lim （also in the sense 'organ or part of the body'）， of Germanic origin.
1
- Astronomy the edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.【天文】（日月等天体的）边缘。
2
- Botany the blade or broad part of a leaf or petal【植】冠檐, 萼檐。
2.1
- the spreading upper part of a tube-shaped flower（管状花的）瓣片。
3
- the graduated arc of a quadrant or other scientific instrument, used for measuring angles（四分仪等科学仪器上测量角度的）分度弧。
词源
late Middle English: from French limbe or Latin limbus 'hem， border'.