单词 | handicap |
释义 | handicap (once / 1092 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv A mental or physical disadvantage, such as blindness or a missing leg, is a handicap: something that disables you in some way. Handicaps can also be imposed artificially to even out the odds in sporting events. A sporting handicap might be a faster horse carrying an extra weight, or a better golfer having a few strokes added to her score to make things more competitive. Sometimes fate imposes a handicap, as when bad weather handicaps your travel plans, or a strike handicaps the subway system. Handicap comes from the term hand in cap, an ancient British practice in which two bettors placed their money into a hat held by a neutral third party before a bet. WORD FAMILYhandicap: handicapped, handicapper, handicapping, handicaps+/handicapper: handicappers USAGE EXAMPLESQ: I can’t get a refund from Amtrak for its totally inappropriate “handicapped” room on the Empire Builder from Chicago to Glacier National Park. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “They’re teaching little children and working with the handicapped and unwed mothers.” New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) He encouraged a life outside football and carried a single-digit handicap. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness Syn|Hypo|Hyper disability, disablement, impairment bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) anorgasmiaabsence of an orgasm in sexual relations dysphasiaan impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage disability of walkinga disability that interferes with or prevents walking astasiainability to stand due to muscular incoordination amputationa condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs hearing disorder, hearing impairmentimpairment of the sense of hearing dysomiaimpairment of the sense of smell vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairmentimpairment of the sense of sight descensus, prolapse, prolapsusthe slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) hypesthesia, hypoesthesiaimpairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valgaan inward slant of the thigh pigeon toesdisability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee bandy legs, bow leg, bow legsoutward curvature of the legs disintegrationa loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system enteroptosisan abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity amaurosispartial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain amblyopiavisual impairment without apparent organic pathology ametropia(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia aniseikoniavisual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes anorthopiadistorted vision in which straight lines appear curved aphakiaabsence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts) blindness, cecity, sightlessnessthe state of being blind or lacking sight color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiencygenetic inability to distinguish differences in hue diplopia, double visionvisual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects glossoptosisabnormal downward or back placement of the tongue abasiainability to walk claudication, gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limpingdisability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet deafness, hearing losspartial or complete loss of hearing conduction deafness, conductive hearing loss, middle-ear deafnesshearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia, hyperacusisabnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels nerve deafness, sensorineural hearing losshearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve anosmiaabsence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) hyposmialessened sensitivity to odors day blindness, hemeralopiainability to see clearly in bright light hemianopia, hemianopsiablindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes quadrantanopiablindness in one fourth of the visual field metamorphopsiaa defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina moon blindness, night blindness, nyctalopiainability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder photoretinitisdamage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection detached retina, detachment of the retina, retinal detachmentvisual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation scotomaan isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field tunnel visionvisual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision descensus uteri, metroptosisprolapse of the uterus nephroptosia, nephroptosisprolapse of the kidney ptosisdrooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness ureteroceleprolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow urethroceleprolapse of the urethra into the vagina xanthopsiavisual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice softness, unfitness poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) 2v injure permanently 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper disable, incapacitate, invalid hock disable by cutting the hock injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 1n something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress Syn|Hypo|Hyper balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment albatross, millstone (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps bindsomething that hinders as if with bonds diriment impediment(canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) dragsomething that slows or delays progress obstacle, obstructionsomething immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted straitjacketanything immaterial that severely hinders or confines barrier, roadblockany condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective hang-up, hitch, rub, snagan unforeseen obstacle hurdlean obstacle that you are expected to overcome stymie, stymya thwarting and distressing situation difficulty a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result 2v put at a disadvantage 3Syn|Hyper hamper, hinder disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm 1n advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning Hypo|Hyper penalty (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game scratch(golf) a handicap of zero strokes game misconduct(ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) advantage, vantage the quality of having a superior or more favorable position 2v attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant Hyper bias influence in an unfair way |
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