cripple
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 跛者，残废
- vt.
- 使跛，使成残废，削弱
- adj.
- 跛的，残废的
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill.
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- (now rare, dated) Crippled.
名词 Noun
- (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- (by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden