2meat 肉 [countableC, uncountableU]DF the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food 〔动物供食用的〕腿;腿肉
roast leg of lamb
烤羊腿
3furniture 家具 [countableC]DHF one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture 〔家具的〕腿
One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.
桌子的一条腿有点不稳。
a chair leg
椅子腿
a three-legged stool
三脚凳
4clothing 服装 [countableC]DCC the part of your trousers that covers your leg 裤腿
The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.
我的牛仔裤裤腿上沾满了泥。
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.
他卷起裤腿蹚进小溪。
5journey/race 旅行/比赛 [countableC]PART one part of a long journey or race 〔旅程或赛程的〕一段,一程
leg of
the final leg of the Tour de France
环法自行车赛的最后一程
6sport 运动 [countableC]British EnglishBrEDSF one of the series of games in a footballcompetition played between two teams 〔足球赛的〕一场
Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.
利兹队若要进入决赛,第二场比赛一定要赢。
7not have a leg to stand oninformalPROVE to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say 没有根据,站不住脚
If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.
如果你没签合同的话,就没有凭据了。
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not have a leg to stand on• If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
8.get your leg overBritish EnglishBrE informal not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with someone 〔与某人〕性交
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get your leg over• But the only thing he got his leg over was the fence at Peter Pan's Playground.• With news like that, you can understand him wanting to get his leg over an old bike and ride all night.
9.have legsAmerican EnglishAmE informalLAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it 〔消息〕不胫而走,被热烈谈论
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have legs• You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
trouser legs• We were soon to see dragons, fish, giant insects and even trouser legssuspended in mid-air.• Sammy followed him, tugging at his trouser legs.• He tossed away the sketch, kicked off his sandals, then pulled off his socks and rolled up his trouser legs.• His trouser legs were scorching from the fire and he twisted to one side.• As they talk, the trouser legs rise-two inches, three inches, four, five, more.• Then, all you will have to worry about is the width of your trouser legs.
leg2 verb (legged, legging)
leg itBritish EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A PLACE to run in order to escape from someone or something 跑;逃脱
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.
leg• I legged it before the cops came.• Calling Emily, I legged it to the youthhostel two miles away.• The arduoustask of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours.
1part of the body身體部位ADJECTIVE | ... OF LEGS | VERB + LEG | LEG + VERB | LEG + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤left, right左腿;右腿▸➤front前腿▸➤back, hind, rear後腿▸➤lower, upper小腿;大腿◇an injury to his upper leg他大腿上的傷➤long長腿▸➤short, stumpy短腿;短粗的腿▸➤beautiful, good, shapely美腿;好看的腿;勻稱的腿▸➤muscled, muscular, powerful, strong肌肉發達的腿;強壯的腿▸➤skinny, slender, spindly, thin瘦得皮包骨的腿;苗條的腿;細長的腿;瘦腿▸➤fat胖腿▸➤bandy羅圈腿▸➤hairy多毛的腿▸➤bare光腿▸➤artificial, prosthetic, wooden假腿;木腿▸➤bad, stiff壞腿;僵硬的腿▸➤good好腿◇I was able to stand on my good leg.我能靠那條好腿站立。➤hurt, injured受傷的腿▸➤broken, fractured斷腿;骨裂的腿▸➤lame瘸腿◇He sat down with his lame leg outstretched.他坐了下來,伸着瘸腿。➤tired, weak疲憊的腿;虛弱的腿◇She crossed the finish line on tired legs.她拖着疲憊的雙腿越過終點線。➤shaky, wobbly顫抖的腿◇He rose to his feet on shaky legs.他站起身來,兩腿發顫。➤outstretched伸開的腿... OF LEGS➤pair兩條腿◇a fine pair of legs兩條美腿VERB + LEG➤bend彎腿▸➤brace繃緊腿◇He put his back against the car, braced his legs and pushed.他用背頂着汽車,繃緊雙腿,然後推了起來。➤straighten伸直腿▸➤cross交叉雙腿◇I moved the chair away from the table so I could cross my legs.我把椅子從桌邊搬開,這樣就可以翹着腿了。➤splay, spread叉開腿;伸開腿◇They made him put his hands on the police car and spread his legs.他們讓他把手放在警車上,張開雙腿。➤extend, stretch, stretch out伸腿;伸出腿◇She stretched her legs under the table.她把腿伸到桌子下面。◇It was good to get out of the car and stretch our legs (= walk around).從車裏出來遛達遛達真舒服。➤lift抬腿◇The dog lifted its leg against the lamp post.狗抬起腿抵在燈柱上。➤move動腿▸➤draw up, tuck under蜷腿◇She sat with her legs drawn up underneath her.她把腿蜷到屁股底下坐着。➤kick踢腿▸➤swing, throw擺腿;踢腿◇She swung her legs over the side of the bed and reached for her crutches.她在牀邊擺着腿想要去夠拐杖。➤entwine, tangle, wrap纏繞腿◇They gazed at each other, their legs entwined under the table.他們四目相對,腿在桌子下面纏在一起。➤break, injure使腿骨折;使腿受傷▸➤lose失去腿◇He lost a leg in a motorcycle accident.他在一次摩托車事故中失去了一條腿。➤amputate截腿◇She had her leg amputated below the knee.她的一條腿自膝蓋以下被截掉了。➤shave, wax刮腿毛;用蠟除腿毛◇I'm getting my legs waxed tomorrow.我打算明天用蠟除一除腿毛。LEG + VERB➤move腿移動◇They ran together, their legs moving in unison.他們步調一致地一起跑。➤flail, kick腿亂踢;腿踢蹬◇He jumped to avoid the flailing leg of the defender.他跳起來避開防守隊員的狂踢。➤pump腿迅速上下擺動◇She started running, fat legs pumping.她開始跑,兩條胖腿上下擺動。➤bend腿彎曲▸➤buckle, give way腿發軟◇His legs buckled and he collapsed on the floor.他雙腿一軟倒在了地板上。➤shake, tremble腿打哆嗦▸➤dangle, hang, swing腿垂懸;腿懸吊;腿晃悠◇He sat with his legs dangling off the bridge.他坐在橋邊,兩腿懸盪着。➤ache腿疼LEG + NOUN➤exercise腿部運動▸➤muscle腿部肌肉▸➤cramp, injury, pains, ulcer, wound腿部痙攣;腿部傷痛;腿疼;腿部潰瘍;腿傷▸➤room (usually legroom)腿部空間◇You don't get much legroom on economy class.經濟艙腿部空間不夠大。➤extensions腿部伸展◇Leg extensions use the quadriceps muscles to extend the knee.腿部伸展運動利用四頭肌伸展膝蓋。PREPOSITION➤between the/your legs在兩腿之間◇The dog sloped off, its tail between its legs.狗夾着尾巴溜走了。➤in the leg在腿部◇He was shot in the leg by a sniper.他被狙擊手射中了腿部。➤on the/your leg在腿上◇I had a big bruise on my leg.我腿上淤青了一大片。➤on one leg用一條腿◇Many birds are able to stand on one leg for hours at a time.許多鳥能單腿一連站好幾個小時。PHRASES➤your leg in a cast, your leg in plaster (BrE) 腿上打着石膏◇He was wheeled out of the hospital with his leg in a cast / in plaster.他一條腿打着石膏,坐在輪椅上被推出醫院。leg
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2of trousers/pants褲子ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEG | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤pant, trouser (BrE) 褲腿VERB + LEG➤pull up, roll up拉起/捲起褲腿◇He rolled up the legs of his jeans.他捲起了牛仔褲的褲腿。➤roll down放下褲腿PHRASES➤long in the leg, short in the leg褲腿長;褲腿短◇These jeans are too long in the leg.這條牛仔褲褲腿太長。leg
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3of a journey/race路程;賽程ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤first, second, etc.第一段、第二段等旅程▸➤final, last最後一段賽程▸➤anchor(接力的)最後一棒◇The fastest runner often runs the anchor leg (= the last part) of a relay race.接力賽中跑得最快的選手經常跑最後一棒。➤outbound出境旅程PREPOSITION➤on the... leg在⋯路上◇We were on the last leg of our journey.我們踏上了最後一段旅途。