| 单词 | crutch |
| 释义 | crutch (once / 1468 pages) n A crutch is something you lean on when you’re hurt or weak. It can be a physical crutch you use because you broke your leg, or a friend you depend on a bit too much when you’re having a tough time. A medical crutch is a device that helps you walk when you’re injured. A psychological crutch helps you when you need it, or think you do. Medical crutches come in pairs and have soft pads that fit under your arms and handles to help you rest your body weight on them. Other types of crutches fit securely around the lower part of your arm. The Old English root word is crycce, "staff," and the figurative meaning dates from about 1600. WORD FAMILYcrutch: crutches USAGE EXAMPLESGrimes, no longer on crutches and already pressing eighty pounds with his bad leg, watched from the sidelines. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) We talk about the muscles that are being pulled taut across the top of her back as she works to push down on her crutches. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) He was disguised in a traffic police uniform, Alfadhli said, and walked with the help of crutches. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) 1n a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking Hyper staff a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 2n anything that serves as an expedient he uses drugs as a psychological crutch Hyper expedient a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one |
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