crutch

Các nghĩa

1. nạng

   A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

   He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.

   I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other.

   Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle.

2. chỗ dựa (nghĩa bóng, thường hàm ý tiêu cực)

   Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthy dependency; a prop.

   figuratively

   Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

   Rhyme[…]is […] at best a crutch that lifts the weak alone.

3. đũng quần, háng

   A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.

4. cái chạc yên ngựa nữ

   A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

5. gỗ chống đầu gối (trong đóng tàu)

   A knee, or piece of knee timber.

6. trụ chạc, cột chạc

   A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.

Dạng khác

• crutches plural

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