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腿,脛,路程走,跑

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[ae]g calf of
   the leg, Sw. l["a]gg.]
   1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the
      body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that
      part of the limb between the knee and foot.

   2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any
      long and slender support on which any object rests; as,
      the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or
      dividers.

   3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;
      as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

   4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from
      drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]

            He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for
            a favor he never received.            --Fuller.

   5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,
      Eng.]

   6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one
      tack or between tacks.

   7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the
      form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes
      nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to
      support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}.

   8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the
      belt which carries the buckets.

   9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a
      little in rear of the batter.

   {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near
      the desired course.

   {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang]

   {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches
      of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.

   {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name
      seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished
      by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs
      of a right-angled triangle.

   {On one's legs}, standing to speak.

   {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.

   {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.

Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), v. t.
   To use as a leg, with it as object:
   (a) To bow. [Obs.]
   (b) To run. [Low]

Leg \Leg\, n.
   1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as
      distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from
      the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of
      a curve, as of a hyperbola.

   2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an
      instrument with the main line.

   3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.

資料來源 : WordNet®

leg
     n 1: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but
          technically only the part between the knee and ankle
     2: a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and
        used for locomotion
     3: one of the supports for a piece of furniture
     4: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
        the branches"; "they took the south fork" [syn: {branch},
        {fork}, {ramification}]
     5: the limb of an animal used for food
     6: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: {peg}, {wooden
        leg}, {pegleg}]
     7: cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that
        covers the leg
     8: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a
        single tack
     9: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
        embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
        [syn: {stage}]
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