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arm
/ɑrm/
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- variant 1
- arms
- variant 2
- 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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