• n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部
• vt. 用拐杖支撐；支持

詞源同crook,crotch.

crutch (n.)

Old English crycce "crutch, staff," from Proto-Germanic *krukjo (cognates: Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, Old High German krucka, German Kr?cke "crutch," related to Old Norse krokr "hook;" see crook). Figurative sense is first recorded c. 1600. As a verb, from 1640s. Italian gruccia "crutch," crocco "hook" are Germanic loan-words.

1. He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn'tfight him for it.

他猛地?fù)屪吡搜鸥鞑嫉墓照龋鸥鞑疾]有反抗。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He kicked him in the crutch.

他踢了他的襠部。

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3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.

他戒掉了酒癮。

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4. Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.

約翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撐住自己.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children.

計(jì)算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是現(xiàn)在很多孩子越來越依賴它。

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