leg
noun [ C ] uk/leɡ/ us/leɡ/
(PART)
A1 腿，腿部
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing or walking
My legs were tired after so much walking. 走了这么远的路，我的腿有些累了。
He broke his leg skiing. 他滑雪时摔断了腿。
The horse broke its front leg in the fall. 这匹马摔断了前腿。
裤腿
the part of a piece of clothing that you put your leg in
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded into the water. 他卷起裤腿趟进水里。
垂直的支撑物
one of the thin vertical parts that support an object
a chair/table leg 椅子／桌子腿
- More examples
- Robson injured his leg in the second half of the match and had to be carried off.
- His leg was broken in two places.
- She likes to wear short skirts to show off her legs.
- I've been sitting with my legs crossed for so long, my right leg has gone numb.
- The doctor said I was to keep my leg elevated.
(STAGE)
段，阶段
a particular stage of a journey, competition, or activity
He has tickets for the first leg of the NCAA Men's Hockey Championship. 他有国家大学体育总会男子冰球锦标赛第一轮比赛的门票。
The last leg of the race was Paris to London. 最后一段赛程是从巴黎到伦敦。
Idioms
get your leg overidiom UK slang （男子）发生性关系
(of a man) to have sex
give someone a leg upidiom informal 帮助（某人）爬过去
to help someone to climb over something
帮助（某人）提高，帮（某人）一把
to help someone to improve their situation, especially at work
have a leg up on someoneidiom US informal 优于（某人），比（某人）有优势
to have an advantage over someone
have legsidiom informal 未完待续;对某事的后续报道还将持续较长时间
If a story in the news has legs, it will continue for a long time.
This latest scandal has legs - you'll probably still be reading about it in a year's time. 最近的丑闻还有下文。也许近一年内，你还会读到其后续报道。
经久不衰的;持续时间久且成功的
If something has legs, it can continue to exist and be successful.
The business has legs. 这家企业有很强的生命力。
leg before wicketidiom (abbreviation lbw) （板球比赛中）击球手腿部触球出局，腿截球
in the game of cricket, the situation in which your time as the person trying to hit the ball is ended because the ball has hit your leg when it should not have
not have a leg to stand onidiom 没有依据，无法证明
to be in a situation in which you cannot prove something
If you have no witnesses, you don't have a leg to stand on. 如果没有证人，你就无法证明。
pull someone's legidiom informal （指开玩笑时）哄骗（某人）
to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke
Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg? 这真是你的汽车，还是你在骗我？
leg
verb UK informal uk/leɡ/ us/leɡ/
leg it 跑开，躲开
to run away in order to escape from something
They legged it round the corner when they saw the police coming. 他们一看见警察来了，就拐过街角跑了。