dead leg

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blow to the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone and crushing the nerve cluster next to the quadriceps. Also, the resulting injury.
    — I kneed you, I said, and I gave him a dead leg.
  2. Alternative form of deadleg (isolated section of pipe with no outflow). alt-of,alternative
    — However, care has to be taken to prevent oily material congealing on the walls of pipes, tanks, pumps and other equipments where there are points of restrictions as valves, bends or dead legs.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, leg.

词形变化

dead legs plural
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