limb

手足、肢

人や動物の動きを助ける、腕、脚、翼などの体の部分。

やさしい英語で： An arm, leg, wing, or similar body part that helps a person or animal move.

• He injured a limb in the fall.
• The animal stretched its long limbs.
• She learned to walk with an artificial limb.

類義語： appendage

よく使う表現： broken limb, artificial limb, upper limb

周縁

太陽や月などの天体の、目に見える外側の輪郭。

やさしい英語で： The visible outer edge of the sun, moon, or another object in space.

• The telescope showed the lunar limb.
• A bright flash appeared near the sun’s limb.
• Clouds hid the lower limb of the moon.

類義語： edge, rim

よく使う表現： solar limb, lunar limb, limb of something

枝を払う、手足を切り落とす

木の枝や動物の手足を切り落とすこと。

やさしい英語で： To cut the branches off a tree or the arms and legs off an animal.

• They limbed the fallen tree.
• Use a sharp saw to limb the trunk safely.
• The workers limbed the trees before loading the logs.

類義語： delimb

よく使う表現： limb a tree, limb felled trees, limb an animal

たたきのめす、殴り倒す

けんかで相手をこぶしでひどく殴ること。

やさしい英語で： To beat someone badly in a fight using your fists.

• He limbed his opponent in the fight.
• The bigger man limbed him outside the pub.
• She said her brother had limbed the attacker.

類義語： beat up, thrash

よく使う表現： limb an opponent, limb someone badly