| 英语单词 | crutch |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [krʌtʃ] 美 [krʌtʃ] |
| 中文释义 | n.拐杖;支柱 v.支撑 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch. (2) Religion was her crutch in times of sorrow. (3) How closely women crutch the very chains that bind them! |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他的一条腿跛了,走路借助于拐杖。 (2) 宗教是她忧伤时依赖的支柱。 (3) 你看女人们把那根捆住她们的锁链抓得多紧! |
| vocabulary简明 | A crutch is something you lean on when you’re hurt or weak. It can be a physical crutch you use because you broke your leg, or a friend you depend on a bit too much when you’re having a tough time. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A medical crutch is a device that helps you walk when you’re injured. A psychological crutch helps you when you need it, or think you do. Medical crutches come in pairs and have soft pads that fit under your arms and handles to help you rest your body weight on them. Other types of crutches fit securely around the lower part of your arm. The Old English root word is crycce, "staff," and the figurative meaning dates from about 1600. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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]
2 [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.
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 crotch Your crutch is the same as your crotch . [mainly BRIT 主英]
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