thighs
thighs — noun
- thighssingular
- thighsesplural
1. the thick part of your leg that sits between your hip and your knee
the thick part of your leg that sits between your hip and your knee
Layla felt a sharp pain in her left thigh after the ten-kilometer race.
collocation: sharp pain in [body part]
Marco pulled a muscle in his thigh while lifting weights at the gym.
collocation: pull a muscle in [body part]
The nurse told Olivia to rest her sore thigh after the long bike ride.
Renata had a large bruise on her thigh where she fell off her bicycle.
The doctor told Sayaka to keep her thigh elevated for two days.
- upper leg
a more general term that includes the thigh and the area around it; less precise than 'thigh'
用法筆記
Unlike body parts such as 'ankle' or 'wrist', 'thigh' is used more often in the plural ('my thighs hurt') than the singular, because people usually refer to both legs together.