英语词汇“maim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To maim something is to disfigure it through force or violence. Wartime battles have a tendency to maim soldiers.

The verb maim is related to mayhem, which, historically, was the act of hurting another person so badly that they couldn’t defend themselves. To maim a person or animal, even if it’s an accident, is to render them defenseless or disfigured, and it frequently includes the loss of a limb. The goal of driving defensively is to avoid an accident that could maim you, your passengers, or other people on the road.

WORD FAMILY

maim: maimed, maimer, maiming, maims+/maimer: maimers

USAGE EXAMPLES

First, quite a lot of people who would be killed or maimed on the roads if we carry on as we are will be saved.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

Children were killed or maimed in large numbers.

The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016)

But also to help them find a path where they won’t end up dead or maimed, victims of the scourge of gun violence in Chicago.

New York Times(Dec 23, 2016)

v injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

people were maimed by the explosion

Hypo|Hyper

mar, mutilate

destroy or injure severely

cripple, lame

deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

hamstring

cripple by cutting the hamstring

force out, gouge

force with the thumb

injure, wound

cause injuries or bodily harm to

单词	maim
释义	maim (once / 1786 pages) v To maim something is to disfigure it through force or violence. Wartime battles have a tendency to maim soldiers. The verb maim is related to mayhem, which, historically, was the act of hurting another person so badly that they couldn’t defend themselves. To maim a person or animal, even if it’s an accident, is to render them defenseless or disfigured, and it frequently includes the loss of a limb. The goal of driving defensively is to avoid an accident that could maim you, your passengers, or other people on the road. WORD FAMILY maim: maimed, maimer, maiming, maims+/maimer: maimers USAGE EXAMPLES First, quite a lot of people who would be killed or maimed on the roads if we carry on as we are will be saved. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Children were killed or maimed in large numbers. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) But also to help them find a path where they won’t end up dead or maimed, victims of the scourge of gun violence in Chicago. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) v injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation people were maimed by the explosion Hypo\|Hyper mar, mutilate destroy or injure severely cripple, lame deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg hamstring cripple by cutting the hamstring force out, gouge force with the thumb injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to
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