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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

extremity

/ik-strem-i-tee/US // ɪkˈstrɛm ɪ ti //UK // (ɪkˈstrɛmɪtɪ) //

四肢,四肢肢体,四肢发达,四端

Related Words

terminus终点站,总站,终点,终站limb肢体,四肢,肢解,四肢发达disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情zenith天顶,天顶峰,顶点,顶峰consummation圆满,圆满完成,圆满成功,圆满结束climax高潮,高潮期,高潮迭起,高潮部分excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移height高度,身高pole杆子,极点,杆件,竿子rim边缘,镶边,边缘地带,边缘地区verge边缘,边缘化,边缘地带,边缘地区brim边缘,帽檐,边缘地带,边缘的plight处境,困境,地步,苦难border边界,边境,边缘,边境地区brink边缘,边缘点,边缘处,边界end结束,终端,结束语,终止nadir最低点,底线,最低谷,天底frontier边界,边疆,边境,边界地区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ex·trem·i·ties.

    • : the extreme or terminal point, limit, or part of something.
    • : a limb of the body.
    • : Usually extremities. the end part of a limb, as a hand or foot: to experience cold in one's extremities.
    • : Often extremities. a condition or circumstance of extreme need, distress, etc.: to suffer the extremities of being poor.
    • : the utmost or any extreme degree: the extremity of joy.
    • : an extreme or extraordinary measure, act, etc.: to go to any extremity to feed the children.
    • : extreme nature or character: the extremity of his views on foreign trade.
    • : Archaic. a person's last moment before death.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounultimate; limit
Forms: extremities
Synonyms
terminus终点站,总站,终点,终站acme高潮,高峰,高峰期,高峰时期acuteness尖锐性,敏锐性,敏锐度,尖锐度adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中apex顶部,顶,顶点,顶峰apogee远景,远景规划,远地点,远景展望border边界,边境,边缘,边境地区bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的boundary边界,界线,界限,边境brim边缘,帽檐,边缘地带,边缘的brink边缘,边缘点,边缘处,边界butt屁股,臀部,屁屁,屁股的问题climax高潮,高潮期,高潮迭起,高潮部分consummation圆满,圆满完成,圆满成功,圆满结束crisis危机,危机事件,危机感,危机感十足depth深度,深入,深处,深度方面disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势end结束,终端,结束语,终止excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的extremes极端,极端主义,极端的,极端情况frontier边界,边疆,边境,边界地区height高度,身高last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的margin边缘,边缘化,边际,边缘地带maximum最大限度,最大,最多,最大限度地nadir最低点,底线,最低谷,天底outside外界,外边,外来的,外边的pinnacle巅峰,巅峰之作,巅峰时刻,巅峰期plight处境,困境,地步,苦难pole杆子,极点,杆件,竿子remote远程,遥远的,遥控,遥远rim边缘,镶边,边缘地带,边缘地区setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移terminal终端,终端机,终端产品,终端设备termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期tip尖端,顶端,尖端的,尖端科技top顶部,顶端,顶,顶部的trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难verge边缘,边缘化,边缘地带,边缘地区vertex顶点,节点,顶端zenith天顶,天顶峰,顶点,顶峰dire straits苦难的境况,苦难的境地,苦难的处境,穷途末路
nounanimate being's appendage
Forms: extremities
Synonyms
limb肢体,四肢,肢解,四肢发达toe脚趾,脚趾头,趾头,脚尖backside背面,反面,背部,后面finger指,指头,指数,指纹flipper鳍状肢体,鳍状肢,翻板,鳍状突起foot脚,脚部,脚步,脚踏实地hand手,手部,手手,手的leg腿部,腿,脚,肢体paw爪子,爪牙,颚部,爪状posterior后方,后部,后期,后面的

Examples

  • Lack of proper protection from the cold can lead to frostbite, which is inherently more common in your extremities.

  • Though the notion that we lose half our body heat through the head might be a medical myth, wearing a hat does help retain heat and protect our extremities such as the ears, which are sure to suffer first when it comes to the cold.

  • That means he or she kept pumping blood to the extremities and didn’t get enough to the brain.

  • When the weather turns and the wind picks up, our bodies' extremities are the first to feel the chill.

  • The new study also linked the extremity of that heat wave to climate change.

  • “A lot of extremity you see in YA is merely attempting to capture the intensity” of being a teen, Lorentz says.

  • “It is not implausible that a greater proportion of torso and extremity fat may protect against injury,” the report said.

  • To do so missing an extremity is astonishing—and an inspiration.

  • It is an important advance when the branching lines are set in a bunch-like arrangement at the extremity of the arm-line.

  • The next day, we rounded the north extremity of the Cumberland Islands.

  • It lives in the large intestine, especially the cecum, with its slender extremity embedded in the mucous membrane.

  • It kept as far as possible from the fort, and cast anchor at the most outward extremity of the bay.

  • Near the western extremity of the Island of Cuba, on the southern coast, is found one of the finest tobaccos in the world.

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