crutch
英 [kr?t?]
美[kr?t?]
- n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部
- vt. 用拐杖支撐；支持
CET6+TEM4IELTSGRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?crutches;
助記提示
1. crook => crutch.
中文詞源
crutch 腋杖
詞源同crook,crotch.
英文詞源
- crutch (n.)
- Old English crycce "crutch, staff," from Proto-Germanic *krukjo (cognates: Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, Old High German krucka, German Kr?cke "crutch," related to Old Norse krokr "hook;" see crook). Figurative sense is first recorded c. 1600. As a verb, from 1640s. Italian gruccia "crutch," crocco "hook" are Germanic loan-words.
雙語例句
- 1. He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn'tfight him for it.
- 他猛地?fù)屪吡搜鸥鞑嫉墓照?，而雅各布并沒有反抗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He kicked him in the crutch.
- 他踢了他的襠部。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
- 他戒掉了酒癮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.
- 約翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撐住自己.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children.
- 計算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是現(xiàn)在很多孩子越來越依賴它。
來自柯林斯例句