| 单词 | crippled |
| 释义 | crippled (once / 1032 pages) adj When something is crippled, it's not working properly. Your bike might be crippled by the broken front brake that won't let the wheel turn freely. You can used the adjective crippled to talk about a broken machine or a process that's not working the way it should. It was once commonly used to describe a physically disabled person, but this has become an offensive term and should be avoided. The word crippled comes from the Old English crypel, which is related to cryppan, "to crook or to bend." WORD FAMILYcripple: crippled, cripples, crippling+/crippling: cripplingly USAGE EXAMPLES“The prosecutors we see now,” he wrote on his Facebook page, “are nothing more or less than a pack of hyenas attacking a crippled lion.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Online sign-ups for his health care law were crippled by massive technical issues, resulting in one of the most embarrassing episodes of his presidency. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) The past year was the year of “Crippled America,” the title of our new president-elect’s book. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj disabled in the feet or legs a crippled soldier Syn game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition |
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