| 单词 | maim |
| 释义 | maim (once / 1786 pages) v To maim something is to disfigure it through force or violence. Wartime battles have a tendency to maim soldiers. The verb maim is related to mayhem, which, historically, was the act of hurting another person so badly that they couldn’t defend themselves. To maim a person or animal, even if it’s an accident, is to render them defenseless or disfigured, and it frequently includes the loss of a limb. The goal of driving defensively is to avoid an accident that could maim you, your passengers, or other people on the road. WORD FAMILYmaim: maimed, maimer, maiming, maims+/maimer: maimers USAGE EXAMPLESFirst, quite a lot of people who would be killed or maimed on the roads if we carry on as we are will be saved. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Children were killed or maimed in large numbers. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) But also to help them find a path where they won’t end up dead or maimed, victims of the scourge of gun violence in Chicago. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) v injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation people were maimed by the explosion Hypo|Hyper mar, mutilate destroy or injure severely cripple, lamedeprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg hamstringcripple by cutting the hamstring force out, gougeforce with the thumb injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to |
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