cripple

英['kripl]美['kripl]

v.[T][usually passive]
1.使残废；使跛；使成瘸子
2.严重毁坏（或损害）
n.【旧】[offensive]伤残人；残疾人；跛子；瘸子
[人们现在说disabled person，而不说cripple]

形容词：crippling

同：	[v.] lame, stultify

lame，cripple

这两个动词均含“使跛，使残废”之意。
lame普通用词，指因受伤或本身的生理缺陷而使人的身体致残，着重行走时的不便。
cripple正式用词，语气较强。多指因伤、体弱或疾病等所导致的永久性残废，常为肢体不全，行走不便，甚至移动身体也困难。

It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.
取笑瘸子是残忍的。收藏
The idea is to cripple the other side's ability to wage war without killing so many civilians as to encourage retaliation
其目的是严重削弱对方发动战争的能力而不杀害大量平民以至引起对方报复。收藏
Cannot race a horse that is a cripple.
不能用一匹跛足的马进行赛马收藏
Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go. Comfort’s a cripple and comes very slow.—— M. Drayton
坏消息长有翅膀，随风飞扬。安慰却是个跛子，姗姗来迟。——德莱顿收藏
Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness.
跳蛙不爱喝酒;因为一喝酒，这苦命瘸子简直就要发疯。收藏

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someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
[同] cripple, stultify
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
- The accident has crippled her for life
[同] cripple, lame

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