cripple
cripple 英 [ˈkrɪpl] 美 [ˈkrɪpəl]
v. 使跛；使成瘸子 n. 跛子；残废 adj. 跛的；残废的
进行时:crippling 过去式:crippled 过去分词:crippled 第三人称单数:cripples 名词复数:cripples
- To cripple is to leave someone unable to walk. Terrible car accidents, for example, can sometimes cripple their victims.
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- v. 使跛；使成瘸子
- n. 跛子；残废
- adj. 跛的；残废的
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1. He was crippled by polio as a child.
他幼年患过小儿麻痹症，结果腿就瘸了。
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2. to be crippled with arthritis
因患关节炎而腿瘸
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3. The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
飞行员试图驾驶损坏严重的飞机着陆。
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4. a crippling disease
严重损害健康的疾病
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5. crippling debts
导致经济瘫痪的债务
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6. He's an emotional cripple .
他是个感情有缺陷的人。
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7. The ship was crippled in the storm.
那船在暴风雨中受到严重损坏。
- cripple (n.) Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (source also of 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.
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