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leg

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Related topics: Biology, Food, Furniture, Clothes, Football
leg1 /leɡ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  body part 身體部位 [countableC]HB one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect 腿
a young boy with skinny legs
雙腿幹瘦的小男孩
She fell and broke her leg.
她摔斷了腿。
four-legged/long-legged etc
four-legged animals
四足動物
→4  See picture of 見圖 leg
2  meat 肉 [countableC, uncountableU]DF the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food 〔動物供食用的〕腿；腿肉
roast leg of lamb
烤羊腿
3  antique_chair.jpg furniture 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.
桌子的一條腿有點不穩。
a chair leg
椅子腿
a three-legged stool
三腳凳
4  clothing 服裝 [countableC]DCC the part of your trousers that covers your leg 褲腿
The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.
我的牛仔褲褲腿上沾滿了泥。
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.
他卷起褲腿蹚進小溪。
5  journey/race 旅行/比賽 [countableC]PART one part of a long journey or race 〔旅程或賽程的〕一段，一程
leg of
the final leg of the Tour de France
環法自行車賽的最後一程
6  sport 運動 [countableC] British EnglishBrEDSF one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams 〔足球賽的〕一場
Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.
利茲隊若要進入決賽，第二場比賽一定要赢。
7  not have a leg to stand on informalPROVE to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say 沒有根據，站不住腳
If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.
如果你沒簽合同的話，就沒有憑據了。
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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 over British EnglishBrE informal not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with someone 〔與某人〕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 legs American 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，被熱烈談論
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have legs• You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
→ on its last legs at last1(9), → on your last legs at last1(8), → pull somebody’s leg at pull1(11), → leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, → shake a leg at shake1(9), → show a leg at show1(24), → stretch your legs at stretch1(7)
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leg• A spider has 8 legs.• When this can expand no further, it splits and is rolled off, like a nylon stocking from a leg.• The men looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to the big house on the hill.• Breathing through his mouth, he manipulated his probe between her legs.• Angie broke her leg skiing.• Another screaming beast collapsed on broken hind legs.• Here, pull up your pant legs and let me see if your knees are hurt.• the second leg of the Rolling Stones' U.S. tour• a table leg• Officers then shot Mao in the leg several times and he collapsed.• Raise the leg a fraction higher and repeat this tiny movement 15 times, holding each raise for 1 second.• The hen with yellow legs in his room on his documents and books was too much one day.
trouser legs• We were soon to see dragons, fish, giant insects and even trouser legs suspended 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 it British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A PLACE to run in order to escape from someone or something 跑；逃脫
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.
我們見他來了，就從屋裏逃了出來。
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leg it• He got so paranoid he decided to leg it.• I legged it before the cops came.• When Coleridge reached Mickledore, he legged it down into Eskdale with all speed.• After he'd unfastened the message capsule from its leg it flew up to join its fellows lurking among the rafters.• I legged it over to Broadway and caught the subway.• If he starts growling and howling, leg it, quick!• Apart from its legs it resembled an old fashioned typewriter with a carriage and Qwerty keyboard.• Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away.
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leg• I legged it before the cops came.• Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away.• The arduous task of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours.
Origin leg
(1200-1300) Old Norse leggr
leg1 nounleg2 verb
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