| 单词 | paralyzed |
| 释义 | paralyzed (once / 1330 pages) adj Someone who's paralyzed can't move. Some accidents and illnesses can cause paralyzed muscles, and some emotional traumas may make you feel paralyzed to move on with your life. A car crash can leave a driver paralyzed, while a stroke might result in a paralyzed left arm and difficulty speaking. This adjective can also describe something (other than a person's body) that's halted or frozen, like a paralyzed subway system during a hurricane. You can also be figuratively paralyzed, by fear or indecision for example: "She stood, paralyzed, in the hallway, afraid to go in." WORD FAMILYparalyze: paralyzed, paralyzes, paralyzing USAGE EXAMPLESI am terrified, as my mother became paralyzed from the waist down with neuropathy that began in the feet due to diabetes. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Three vertebrae were broken, and she was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down and in a coma for a time. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) There were also gifts for her sister, who is partly paralyzed and lives at a local nursing home. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) adj affected with paralysis Syn paralytic ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
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