legging

柯林斯詞典

leg /l?ɡ/ (legs)

• 1. N-COUNT A person or animal's legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on. 腿

  He was tapping his walking stick against his leg. 他用柺杖輕輕敲打著他的腿。

• 2. N-COUNT The legs of a pair of trousers are the parts that cover your legs. 褲腿

  He moved on through wet grass that soaked the legs of his trousers. 他繼續(xù)走在溼漉漉的草地上，弄溼了他的褲腿。

• 3. N-COUNT A leg of lamb, pork, chicken, or other meat is a piece of meat that consists of the animal's or bird's leg, especially the thigh. (羊、豬、雞等的) 腿肉

  ...a chicken leg. …一衹雞腿。

• 4. N-COUNT The legs of a table, chair, or other piece of furniture are the parts that rest on the floor and support the furniture's weight. (桌子、椅子等家具的) 腿

  His ankles were tied to the legs of the chair. 他的腳踝被綁在了椅腿上。

• 5. N-COUNT A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop. 一段旅程

  The first leg of the journey was by boat to Lake Naivasha in Kenya. 第一段旅程是坐船到肯尼亞的奈瓦夏湖。

• 6. N-COUNT A leg of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find an overall winner. 一段賽程[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

• 7. PHRASE If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke. 開某人的玩笑[非正式]

  Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg. 我儅然不會(huì)告訴他們；我衹是和你開玩笑的。

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