cripple

英 ['kr?p(?)l] 美['kr?pl]

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復數(shù):?cripples;第三人稱單數(shù):?cripples;過去式:?crippled;過去分詞:?crippled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?crippling;形容詞:?crippling;

1. The etymological sense of cripple appears to be 'someone who creeps along'.
2. creep + -le => cripple.

cripple 使殘廢

詞源同creep.

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.: 在國民醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)的救助下，他免于致殘。

2. A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy.: 全面切斷物品供應(yīng)會使該國經(jīng)濟陷入癱瘓。