crutch
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 拐杖，支撑，依靠
- vt.
- 支撑
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English crucche, from Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”).
Cognate with Scots curche, crutch (“crutch, stilts”), Dutch kruk (“crutch”), Low German krukke, Krück (“crutch”), German Krücke (“crutch”), Swedish krycka (“crutch”). Latin crucia, crucca, croccia, crocia (“crutch”), and its descendants are ultimately from the Germanic.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
- (figuratively) Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthy dependency; a prop.
- A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
- (nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
- (nautical) A forked stanchion