leg

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.leg¹ S1 W1 /leɡ/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: leggr]
1. BODY PART [countable] 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 [uncountable and countable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food:
roast leg of lamb
3.
FURNITURE [countable] 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 [countable] 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 [countable] one part of a long journey or race
leg of
the final leg of the Tour de France
6. SPORT [countable] 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 ↑last¹(9), ⇨ on your last legs at ↑last¹(8), ⇨ pull sb’s leg at ↑pull¹(11), ⇨ ↑leg-pull, ↑leg-up, ↑peg leg, ↑sea legs, ⇨ shake a leg at ↑shake¹(9), ⇨ show a leg at ↑show¹(23), ⇨ stretch your legs at ↑stretch¹(7)
II.leg² BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle legged, present participle legging) British English informal
leg it to run in order to escape from someone or something:
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.

leghu

◎	[leg]
※	danh từ
	■	chân, cẳng (người, thú...)
	■	chân (bàn ghế...)
	■	ống (quần, giày...)
	■	nhánh com-pa
	■	cạnh bên (của tam giác)
	■	đoạn (đường đi); chặng; giai đoạn
		☆	the first leg of a flight
			chặng đầu trong chuyến bay
	■	(thể dục,thể thao) ván (trong một hiệp đấu)
	■	(từ lóng) kẻ lừa đảo
	〆	to be all legs
		✓	cao lêu đêu, chỉ thấy chân với cẳng
	〆	to be on one's last legs
		✓	kiệt sức, sắp chết
	〆	to feel one's legs
		✓	(xem) feel
	〆	to get on one's legs
		✓	(xem) get
	〆	to give someone a leg up
		✓	đỡ ai leo lên, đỡ ai trèo lên
		✓	giúp đỡ ai vượt qua lúc khó khăn
	〆	to have the legs of someone
		✓	đi (chạy) nhanh hơn ai
	〆	to keep one's legs
		✓	(xem) keep
	〆	to make a leg
		✓	cúi đầu chào
	〆	not to have a leg to stand on
		✓	không có lý lẽ gì để bào chữa cho thuyết của mình
	〆	to pull someone's leg
		✓	(thông tục) trêu chòng ai, giễu cợt ai
	〆	to have hollow legs
		✓	rất ngon miệng, rất khoái khẩu
	〆	as fast as one's leg can carry one
		✓	nhanh bằng hết sức của mình
	〆	to be on one's legs
		✓	đứng
		✓	đi đứng được (sau một cơn bệnh liệt giừơng liệt chiếu)
	〆	to have one's tail between one's legs
		✓	chạy thục mạng, chạy cúp đuôi, thất bại ê chề
	〆	leg before wicket
		✓	(bóng đá) bị phạt do dùng chân cản bóng vào khung thành
	〆	to shake a leg
		✓	khẩn trương làm việc
		✓	nhảy, khiêu vũ
	〆	to talk the hind legs off a donkey
		✓	nói thao thao bất tuyệt, nói huyên thuyên
	〆	to put one's best leg foremost
		✓	(xem) best
	〆	to run someone off his legs
		✓	bắt ai làm việc mệt nhoài, bắt ai làm việc liên miên
	〆	to show a leg
		✓	(thông tục) ra khỏi giường
	〆	to stand on one's own legs
		✓	đứng bằng đôi chân của mình, độc lập tự chủ
	〆	to walk someone off his legs
		✓	bắt ai đi đi rạc cả chân
	〆	to walk one's legs off
		✓	đi đến rạc cả chân, đi đến nỗi mệt lả
※	ngoại động từ
	■	đẩy (thuyền) bằng chân (qua sông đào, trong đường hầm)
※	nội động từ
	■	to leg it đi mau, chạy mau

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stage, peg, wooden leg, pegleg, branch, ramification