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单词 hamstring
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ham•string /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n., v., -strung /-ˌstrʌŋ/USA pronunciation  -string•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Anatomy, Zoology(in humans) a tendon behind the knee:pulled a hamstring and couldn't play ball.

v. [+ object]
  1. Pathologyto disable by cutting the hamstring or hamstrings;
    cripple.
  2. to make powerless;
    thwart:hamstrung by dozens of regulations.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ham•string  (hamstring′),USA pronunciation n., v., -strung, -string•ing. 
n. 
  1. Anatomy, Zoology(in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
  2. Zoology(in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock.

v.t. 
  1. Pathologyto disable by cutting the hamstring or hamstrings;
    cripple.
  2. to render powerless or useless;
    thwart:Their efforts were hamstrung by stubborn pride.
  • ham1 + string 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hamstring /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/ n
  1. any of the tendons at the back of the knee
vb ( -strings, -stringing, -strung)(transitive)
  1. to cripple by cutting the hamstring of
  2. to ruin or thwart
Etymology: 16th Century: ham1 + string
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