| 单词 | wooden leg |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswooden leg wooden leg n. (a) an artificial leg made of wood; also figurative; (b) a beam upon which tanners dress skins. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun] > leg leg1574 wooden leg1582 stump1679 peg leg1769 timber-toe1785 peg1826 tram1836 jury-leg1850 pylon1919 1582 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries 12th Ser. VII. 366/2 Pd to ye Joyner for a wooden Legge..xviiid. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding i. iii, in Comedies & Trag. 81 She hates a man with all his Limbs; a Wooden-leg, a Crutch..wins her heart. 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling (1672) i. 7 Every man should be of some use in the body politick..else he is but an artificial member, a meer wooden leg. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 48. ⁋2 I was the old Soldier who..pretended that I had broken my Wooden-Leg. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Chamois Leather They [sc. skins] are..laid on a wooden Leg, or Horse. 1887 W. Besant World went very well Then I. ii. 38 His right leg had been lost in action, and was replaced by a wooden leg. 1892 W. Crookes tr. R. von Wagner Man. Chem. Technol. viii. 883 This operation is carried on upon the tanner's ‘wooden leg’, the hide being placed with the hair-side downwards. < as lemmas |
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