词汇精选：limb的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
肢；臂；翼 [C]
例句：
He was very tall with long limbs.
他个儿很高，四肢很长。
例句：
Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.
有些动物能重生失去之肢。
枝干
例句：
A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。
例句：
She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.
她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。
分支 [C]
例句：
A policeman is a limb of the law.
警察是执法人员。
例句：
But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.
但是狒狒在进化树上处于另一个分支。
v.
肢解；切断…的手足 [T]
例句：
The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.
警察很幸运，比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。
砍树枝；从…上截下树枝 [T]
例句：
The tree was felled and limbed.
树被砍倒并截去枝条。
二、词义辨析：
branch,limb,bough,shoot
这些名词均含有“枝”之意。branch普通用词，泛指树木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意义。limb多指主枝或大枝。bough指主枝或粗大强壮的枝。shoot指植物或灌木刚长出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。
三、相关短语：
hind limb
后肢
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
肢节型肌营养不良症
phantom limb
幻肢
phantom limb pain
幻肢痛，假肢痛
四、参考例句：
He lost a limb in the battle.
他在战斗中失去一肢。
Some creatures can reproduce a lost limb.
有些动物能重生失去之肢。
The dead limb was cut off the tree.
那根枯枝被从树上砍了下来。
A policeman is a limb of the law.
警察是执法人员。
Try to rest the injured limb as much as possible.
尽量不要活动受伤的手臂。
A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。
Neurologic function score of hind limb was observed after operation.
观察术后动物后肢神经功能评分。
The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
工人从树上锯下了一根大树枝。
The fall tree limb leave a big indent on his car.
掉下来的树枝在他的车上留下了一个大凹口。
It may progress to back and limb pain, muscle tenderness, and stiff neck.
它可能进展为背部和四肢疼痛，肌肉敏感，颈部僵硬。
