cripple
英 ['krɪp(ə)l]
美 ['krɪpl]
- vt. 削弱；使跛；使残废
- n. 跛子；残废
- adj. 跛的；残废的
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1. The etymological sense of cripple appears to be 'someone who creeps along'.
2. creep + -le => cripple.
- cripple
- cripple: [OE] The etymological sense of cripple appears to be ‘someone who creeps along’, for it probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo- European base, *greub-, as creep. The word is widespread in the Germanic languages: German has kruppel, Dutch kreupel, and Norwegian krypel.
=> creep - cripple (n.)
- Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (cognates: Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill). Possibly also related to Old English creopan "to creep" (creopere, literally "creeper," was another Old English word for "crippled person").
- cripple (v.)
- mid-13c., "to move slowly," from cripple (n.). Meaning "make a cripple of, lame" is from early 14c. Related: Crippled; crippling.
- 1. The national health system saved him from becoming a cripple.
- 在国民医疗保健系统的救助下，他免于致残。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy.
- 全面切断物品供应会使该国经济陷入瘫痪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Let's try to cripple their communications.
- 我们试着破坏他们的通讯设备吧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.
- 嘲笑残疾人是不对的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.
- 取笑瘸子是残忍的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
