English Dictionary

extremity

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The most extreme or furthest point of something. / An extreme measure. / A hand or foot. / A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

日本語の意味

何かの最も端の部分、または極端な地点 / 極端な措置、過激な手段 / 人体や動物の手や足 / 人体や動物の主要な肢（腕、脚、翼など）

They hiked to the mountain's extremity to watch the sunrise over the valley.

彼らは谷の向こうに昇る朝日を見るために山の最も遠い地点までハイキングした。

意味（1）

The most extreme or furthest point of something.

[B]eſtowe your love on him, who, were it not to do you ſervice, would through the extremitie of love rather wiſh to die then live.

意味（2）

An extreme measure.

The Fort on the Mount St. Catherine after a Month's Siege was reduc'd to ſuch Extremitys, that they who defended it were forc'd to treat about a Surrender: and Aug. 29. 'twas agreed between the Engliſh Commiſſioners, Edward Earl of Mortaigne, Thomas Earl of Salisbury, and Fitz-Hugh, and the French Commiſſioners, the Sieur Nobles Lieutenant of Guy de Bouteil, which the Sieurs De Buſſon and de Graville, in the Name of the Gariſon, that they would deliver up the Abby and Fortreſs of St. Catherine on the Thurſday following, on condition of having only their Lives ſpar'd.

意味（3）

A hand or foot.

Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.

意味（4）

A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

The danger of wounds of the extremities consists in the injury done to the blood-vessels, nerves, articulations, and bones.

extremities （ plural ）

extremitys （ obsolete plural ）