Word · Frequency #26527
foreleg
前腿；前脚
a front leg of a four-legged animal
- 1.
Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.
四足动物(如马)或多足动物(如多数昆虫)前部的两条腿之一,也指家具的前腿。
- 2.
the forelimb of a quadruped
四足动物的前肢
四足动物(如马)或多足动物(如多数昆虫)前部的两条腿之一,也指家具的前腿。；四足动物的前肢；前腿；前脚
In use
The dog lifted its foreleg when it felt pain.
A horse uses its strong forelegs to jump over fences.
The cat's foreleg was injured, so she couldn't run fast.
the foreleg(s) of [animal]
指动物的两条前腿时常用复数形式 forelegs。
The forelegs of a horse are longer than its hind legs.
马的前腿比它的后腿长。
[possessor]'s foreleg
也可以用所属结构，如 its forelegs。
The dog's foreleg was injured in the accident.
这条狗的前腿在事故中受了伤。
Common mistakes
The chair has a broken foreleg.The chair has a broken front leg.
Connections
Collocations
- broken foreleg
- 前腿骨折
- The vet treated the dog's broken foreleg.兽医治疗了狗的前腿骨折。
- foreleg injury
- 前腿受伤
- A foreleg injury kept the horse out of the race.前腿受伤使这匹马无法参赛。
- raise its foreleg
- 抬起前腿
- The bear raised its foreleg to smell the air.熊抬起前腿嗅空气。
- forelegs and hind legs
- 前腿和后腿
- This dog's forelegs and hind legs are equal in length.这只狗的前腿和后腿长度相等。
- foreleg bones
- 前腿骨
- The fossil foreleg bones tell us how the animal moved.这些前腿骨化石让我们了解这种动物如何移动。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
用 fore-（前）+ leg（腿）联想：动物“前腿”一抬，就是 foreleg。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：biology textbooks、veterinary contexts、animal encyclopedias 通常用于指四足动物的前腿，属于普通中性词汇；多用于动物科普、兽医或生物学语境，在日常生活里也会自然使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -leg 拼写结尾，且末尾音节都读 /lɛɡ/。但 foreleg 的重音在第一个音节 /ˈfɒː/，不是像 leg 那样重读 /lɛɡ/，所以它们并不与 foreleg 严格押韵。注意：拼写相近不表示读音相同，比较时应以音标和重音为准。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.