Crutch
[krʌtʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) anything that serves as an expedient; 'he uses drugs as a psychological crutch'.
(noun.) a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking.
奥布里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
(n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
(n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber
(n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
(v. t.) To support on crutches; to prop up.
錄入:厄普顿
解釋/意思:
n. a staff with a cross-piece at the head to place under the arm of a lame person: any support like a crutch.—v.t. to support: to prop.—v.i. to go on crutches.—adj. Crutched marked by the sign of or wearing a cross.—n.pl. Crutched′-frī′ars an order of friars so called from the sign of the cross which they wore—Crouched- or Crossed-friars.
格雷西校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you go on crutches, denotes that you will depend largely on others for your support and advancement. To see others on crutches, denotes unsatisfactory results from labors.
錄入:威廉姆斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Or I could turn you a rare handle for that crutch-stick, if it belongs to him you call your father. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Never till I'm stiff and old and have to use a crutch. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She bent her head down, and laid it on the top of her crutch. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It is a mixture of hop-scotch and shuffleboard played with a crutch. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The brisk little crutch-stick was but too brisk. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- If wounded, the surgeon dresses his mangled limb with rubber bandages, and when he gets well he has a rubber cushion on the end of his crutch, or on the foot of his artificial leg. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- You must have heard tell, when you were here last, sir, of Limping Lucy--a lame girl with a crutch. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In her other hand she had a crutch-headed stick on which she leaned, and she looked like the Witch of the place. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The young cripple rose and limped towards the fire; he had left his crutch near the mantelpiece. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He laid his crutch on the floor, bent down his head, and wept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He snatched his crutch, and started up to go. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Satisfied that her dwelling was safe, she drew one hand through the old man's arm and prepared to ply her crutch-stick with the other. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Here is the portfolio, said Henry, bringing it in one hand and leaning on his crutch with the other. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Compliments, on leaving England,' the lady and gentleman walked away quite deliberately, and Miss Jenny and her crutch-stick went up stairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Perfectly cured he certainly was not, for he supported himself forward on crutches to give evidence. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- At the door of the hospital the porter came out to help with the crutches. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Then afterward you can be on crutches. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- If there be any man of letters, art, or science among these little dealers, how noble in him to support the feeble sisters on such majestic crutches! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I had been on crutches since the time of my fall in New Orleans, and had to be carried over places where it was not safe to cross on horseback. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Both are tall fellows with whiskers, Fred handsome in the English style, and Frank much better, for he only limps slightly, and uses no crutches. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- For two or three days after I was unable to walk except with crutches. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There is an immensity of promenading, on crutches and off, with sticks and without, and a great deal of conversation, and liveliness, and pleasantry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:马特