thighs
thighs — 名詞
- thighssingular
- thighsesplural
1. the thick part of your leg that sits between your hip and your knee
大腿
膝蓋以上、臀部以下的腿部
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.
Layla 在十公里賽跑後感到左大腿一陣劇痛。
collocation: sharp pain in [body part]
Marco pulled a muscle in his thigh while lifting weights at the gym.
Marco 在健身房舉重時拉傷了大腿肌肉。
collocation: pull a muscle in [body part]
The nurse told Olivia to rest her sore thigh after the long bike ride.
護士叫 Olivia 在長途騎車後讓酸痛的大腿休息。
Renata had a large bruise on her thigh where she fell off her bicycle.
Renata 的大腿上有一大塊瘀青，是她從腳踏車上摔下來造成的。
The doctor told Sayaka to keep her thigh elevated for two days.
醫生告訴 Sayaka 要把大腿抬高兩天。
- 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.