Word · Frequency #13959
extremity
末端；尽头；极点
核心释义
The farthest point or end of something.
- 1.
某物的最远端或最远点。
The most extreme or furthest point of something.
- 2.
身体向外伸出的外部部位
an external body part that projects from the body
- 3.
极端措施。
An extreme measure.
- 4.
极端状况或状态(尤指逆境或疾病)
an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
- 5.
手或脚。
A hand or foot.
- 6.
最大或最高程度
the greatest or utmost degree
- 7.
肢体(人或动物的主要附肢,如手臂、腿或翅膀)。
A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).
手；脚；肢体；四肢；极端状况；绝境；危重状态；极端手段；极端措施；极限；最高程度
用法In use
Her hands and feet were the first extremities to feel the cold.
用法提示：这句中 extremities 指身体向外伸出的部位，即四肢末端。
The family lived in the extremity of poverty for years.
用法提示：这句中 extremity 表示极端困难或窘迫的状况。
He was pushed to the extremity of his patience by the constant noise.
用法提示：这句中 extremity 表示最大或最高程度，即极限状态。
it is important to keep the extremities warm
the extremity of despair
at the extremity of sth
at the extremity of sth 表示“在某物的最远端/尽头”，extremity 在此为可数名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lower extremities
- 下肢
- The injury affected his lower extremities.伤势影响了他的下肢。
- upper extremities
- 上肢
- The exercises are designed to strengthen the upper extremities.这些锻炼旨在增强上肢力量。
- cold extremities
- 手脚冰冷；四肢发凉
- Patients with poor circulation often have cold extremities.血液循环不良的患者常常手脚冰冷。
- in extremity
- 在危急时刻；陷入绝境
- In extremity, even the bravest may hesitate.在危急时刻，即使最勇敢的人也可能会犹豫。
- at the extremity of
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：extremity 由 extreme（极端）变形而来，指最远的端点，也指手脚等四肢末端——它们是身体的“极端部位”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：医学或解剖学描述、正式书面文体、文学或新闻报道 该词通常用于正式或专业语境，多出现在医学描述、书面报道或文学作品中；日常口语中较少使用，常以更常用的 end、hand、foot、arm、leg 等词代替。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with extremity, whose rhyming part is /ɛməti/. The paired words share the suffix spelling '-ity' but stress a different vowel, so they are useful lookalikes rather than rhymes.
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