| 单词 | cripple |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kripl] |
| 解释 | n. 跛子；v. (使)残废 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. (使)残废(to make cripple of; lame; maim;disable) 【记】 来自creep(爬行)→爬 行的人，残废 【例】 The accident crippled the driver. The strike crippled the company. |
| 字源 | cripple (n.) Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (cognates: Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill). Possibly also related to Old English creopan "to creep" (creopere, literally "creeper," was another Old English word for "crippled person"). cripple (v.) mid-13c., "to move slowly," from cripple (n.). Meaning "make a cripple of, lame" is from early 14c. Related: Crippled; crippling. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 跛子(包括人和动物)v (使)残废 = lame = maim; 使丧失...功能 【记】creep(v 爬)－爬的人－瘸子cr哭, ipple = apple: 一脚踩到了苹果上, 然后就哭了, 那还用问吗? 肯定是瘸了! |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】creep + 跛； 音：跪跛 【相关】creep 爬, 蹑手蹑脚, 蔓延 |
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