crutch

英 [krʌtʃ]

美 [krʌtʃ]

n.  (腿或脚受伤病人用的)腋杖; 依靠; 依赖
vt.  支撑; 支持

复数：crutches　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14340 / COCA.11589

牛津词典

noun

• （腿或脚受伤病人用的）腋杖
  one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot
  1. After the accident I spent six months on crutches .
     事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。
• 依靠；依赖
  a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much
• 依靠；依赖
  a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (腿或脚受伤的人用的)腋杖，拐杖
  Acrutchis a stick whose top fits round or under the user's arm, which someone with an injured foot or leg uses to support their weight when walking.
  1. I can walk without the aid of crutches...
     我不用拐杖也能自己走。
  2. I was on crutches for a while.
     有一段时间我拄拐。
• N-SING 依靠;依赖
  If you refer to someone or something as acrutch, you mean that they give you help or support.
  1. The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children...
     计算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。
  2. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
     他戒掉了酒瘾。
• N-COUNT 同 crotch
  Yourcrutchis the same as yourcrotch.
  1. He kicked him in the crutch.
     他踢了他的裆部。

英英释义

noun

• anything that serves as an expedient
  1. he uses drugs as a psychological crutch
• a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground

双语例句

• Parent's love was her crutch in times of sorrow.
  父母的爱是她悲伤时的精神支柱。
• He didn't want that mental crutch.
  他不需要那种精神支柱。
• The old man used his stick as a crutch.
  那老人将他的手杖用作拐杖。
• His family's love was a crutch through all his troubles.
  家人的爱支撑着他战胜了所有困难。
• He or she will become your crutch and you will lose out on meeting other people and potential friends.
  他或她可能会成为你的感情支柱，于是你便失去了结识他人和潜在朋友的机会。
• He gave up the crutch of alcohol.
  他戒掉了酒瘾。
• Dad, you are always my crutch and give me strength!
  爸爸，不论何时你都是我的拐杖，给我力量！
• He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn't fight him for it
  他猛地抢走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并没有反抗。
• The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children
  计算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。
• To have such friends is your utmost psychologic crutch and your ideal who can usually manipulate you.
  人生中拥有这种朋友会成为你最大的心理支柱，也常常会成为能够“左右”你的“偶像”。