| 单词 | maim |
| 释义 | maim —maimedness, n. —maimer, n. /maym/, v.t. 1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life. 2. to impair; make essentially defective: The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs. n. Obs. 3. a physical injury, esp. a loss of a limb. 4. an injury or defect; blemish; lack. [1250-1300; ME mayme, var. of mahayme MAYHEM] Syn. 1. MAIM, LACERATE, MANGLE, MUTILATE indicate the infliction of painful and severe injuries on the body. To MAIM is to injure by giving a disabling wound, or by depriving a person of one or more members or their use: maimed in an accident. To LACERATE is to inflict severe cuts and tears on the flesh or skin: to lacerate an arm. To MANGLE is to chop undiscriminatingly or to crush or rend by blows or pressure, as if by machinery: bodies mangled in a train wreck. To MUTILATE is to injure the completeness or beauty of a body, esp. by cutting off an important member: to mutilate a statue, a tree, a person. 2. injure, disable, deface, mar. |
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