[N-COUNT 可数名词](腿或脚受伤的人用的)腋杖,拐杖 A crutch is a stick whose top fits round or under the user's arm, which someone with an injured foot or leg uses to support their weight when walking.
[usu pl]
I can walk without the aid of crutches...
我不用拐杖也能自己走。
I was on crutches for a while.
有一段时间我拄拐。
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[N-SING 单数名词]依靠;依赖 If you refer to someone or something as a crutch, you mean that they give you help or support.
The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children...
计算器是工具,不是拐杖,可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。
He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
他戒掉了酒瘾。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 crotch Your crutch is the same as your crotch .
[mainly BRIT 主英]
He kicked him in the crutch.
他踢了他的裆部。
Oxford
crutch/krʌtʃ; NAmEkrʌtʃ/noun1one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot (腿或脚受伤病人用的)腋杖◆After the accident I spent six months on crutches.事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。2( usually disapproving) a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much 依靠;依赖3=
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crutchcrutch /krʌtʃ/ noun [countable]
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1crutch (1) [usually plural] one of a pair of long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk when you have hurt your legon crutches (=using crutches) I was on crutches for three months after the operation.2something that gives someone support or help, especially something that is not really good for them: As things got worse at work, he began to use alcohol as a crutch.3British English the part of your body between the tops of your legsSYN crotch
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