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crutch

英 [krʌtʃ] 美[krʌtʃ]
  • n. 拐杖;支柱;依靠;胯部
  • vt. 用拐杖支撑;支持

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词态变化


复数: crutches;

助记提示


1. crook => crutch.

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.

双语例句


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。

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2. He kicked him in the crutch.
他踢了他的裆部。

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3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
他戒掉了酒瘾。

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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.

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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。

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