leg 1 S1 W1 / leɡ / 名词

1 body part [可数名词] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect :

a young boy with skinny legs

She fell and broke her leg.

four-legged/long-legged etc

four-legged animals

2 meat [可数和不可数名词] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food :

roast leg of lamb

3

furniture [可数名词] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture :

One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.

a chair leg

a three-legged stool

4 clothing [可数名词] the part of your trousers that covers your leg :

The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.

He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.

5 journey/race [可数名词] one part of a long journey or race

leg of

the final leg of the Tour de France

6 sport [可数名词] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams :

Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.

7 not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say :

If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.

8 get your leg over British English informal not polite to have sex with someone

9 have legs American English informal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it

→ on its last legs at last 1 ( 9 ) , → on your last legs at last 1 ( 8 ) , → pull sb’s leg at pull 1 ( 11 ) , → leg-pull , leg-up , peg leg , sea legs , → shake a leg at shake 1 ( 9 ) , → show a leg at show 1 ( 23 ) , → stretch your legs at stretch 1 ( 7 )