crutch

• 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 Kröcke "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.

他猛地搶走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布並沒有反抗。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He kicked him in the crutch.

他踢了他的襠部。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.

他戒掉了酒癮。

來自柯林斯例句

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

約翰死後,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.

計算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是現在很多孩子越來越依賴它。

來自柯林斯例句