dead leg

noun
🔊/ˌded ˈleɡ/
🔊/ˌded ˈleɡ/
[usually singular] (British English)
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  1. an injury that occurs when somebody's upper leg is hit by somebody else's knee
    • The collision forced Dempsey to retire with a dead leg.碰撞迫使登普西以一条死腿退赛。
    • The star threatened an intrusive journalist with a dead leg. 这位明星用一条死腿威胁了一名闯入的记者。