crutch

• n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部
• vt. 用拐杖支撑；支持

词源同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.

他猛地抢走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并没有反抗。

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2. He kicked him in the crutch.

他踢了他的裆部。

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3. He gave up the crutch of alcohol.

他戒掉了酒瘾。

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

约翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己.

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5. 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。

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