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arm

/ɑrm/

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arms
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armed

1 · noun

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

胳膊;膊

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He stretched out his arm to reach the box on the highest shelf.

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他伸出胳膊,想够到最高一层的盒子。

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