crutch
n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部
vt. 用拐杖支撑；支持
中文词源
crutch 腋杖
词源同crook,crotch.
英文词源
- crutch (n.)
- Old English crycce "crutch, staff," from Proto-Germanic *krukjo (cognates: Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, Old High German krucka, German Kröcke "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.
中文解释
1. crook => crutch.
实用例句
- 1. He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn'tfight him for it.
- 他猛地抢走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并没有反抗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He kicked him in the crutch.
- 他踢了他的裆部。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
- 他戒掉了酒瘾。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.
- 约翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句