leg

英 [leg] 美[l?ɡ]

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復數:?legs;

leg 腿

來自PIE*lek,彎，轉，詞源同limb.引申詞義臂彎或膝彎，后固定用于指腿。

leg: leg: [13] Shank was the word used in Old English for ‘leg’. Not until the late 13th was leg acquired, from Old Norse leggr. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *lagjaz, which may ultimately come from a source that meant ‘bend’. No other Germanic language any longer uses it for ‘leg’, but Swedish and Danish retain l?gg and l?g respectively for ‘calf’.
leg (n.): late 13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse leggr "leg, bone of the arm or leg," from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, with no certain ulterior connections, perhaps from a PIE root meaning "to bend" [Buck]. Compare German Bein "leg," in Old High German "bone, leg." Replaced Old English shank. Of furniture supports from 1670s. The meaning "a part or stage of a journey or race" (1920) is from earlier sailing sense of "a run made on a single tack" (1867), which was usually qualified as long leg, short leg, etc. Slang phrase shake a leg "dance" is attested from 1881. To be on (one's) last legs "at the end of one's life" is from 1590s.
leg (v.): "to use the legs; walk or run," c. 1500 (from the beginning usually with it); from leg (n.).

2. He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.: 他把自己的一條瘸腿抬到一個更加舒服的位置。

4. The bullet lodged in the sergeant's leg, shattering his thigh bone.: 子彈嵌進了中士的腿里，使其股骨碎裂。

5. Is there an alternative to traction for a broken leg?: 對于腿部骨折有什么方法替代牽引治療嗎？