詞彙精選：limb的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
肢；臂；翼 [C]
例句：
He was very tall with long limbs.
他個兒很高，四肢很長。
例句：
Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.
有些動物能重生失去之肢。
枝幹
例句：
A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
一隻灰色的松鼠在樹枝間跳來跳去。
例句：
She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.
她坐在一根大樹枝上往下看。
分支 [C]
例句：
A policeman is a limb of the law.
警察是執法人員。
例句：
But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.
但是狒狒在進化樹上處於另一個分支。
v.
肢解；切斷…的手足 [T]
例句：
The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.
警察很幸運，比我先找到了他。不然我真會把他大卸八塊的。
砍樹枝；從…上截下樹枝 [T]
例句：
The tree was felled and limbed.
樹被砍倒並截去枝條。
二、詞義辨析：
branch,limb,bough,shoot
這些名詞均含有“枝”之意。branch普通用詞，泛指樹木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用於引申意義。limb多指主枝或大枝。bough指主枝或粗大強壯的枝。shoot指植物或灌木剛長出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。
三、相關短語：
hind limb
後肢
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
肢節型肌營養不良症
phantom limb
幻肢
phantom limb pain
幻肢痛，假肢痛
四、參考例句：
He lost a limb in the battle.
他在戰鬥中失去一肢。
Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.
有些動物能重生失去之肢。
The dead limb was cut off the tree.
那根枯枝被從樹上砍了下來。
A policeman is a limb of the law.
警察是執法人員。
Try to rest the injured limb as much as possible.
儘量不要活動受傷的手臂。
A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
一隻灰色的松鼠在樹枝間跳來跳去。
Neurologic function score of hind limb was observed after operation.
觀察術後動物後肢神經功能評分。
The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
工人從樹上鋸下了一根大樹枝。
The fall tree limb leave a big indent on his car.
掉下來的樹枝在他的車上留下了一個大凹口。
It may progress to back and limb pain, muscle tenderness, and stiff neck.
它可能進展爲背部和四肢疼痛，肌肉敏感，頸部僵硬。
