paralyse
UK: /pˈæɹəlˌaɪz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
paralyse /'pærəlaiz/ (paralyze) /'pærəlaiz/
- ngoại động từ
- (y học) làm liệt
- (nghĩa bóng) làm tê liệt, làm đờ ra
- to be paralysed with fear: đờ người ra vì sợ
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE) (AmE paralyze) verb [VN] [often passive]
1 to make sb unable to feel or move all or part of their body: The accident left him paralysed from the waist down. + (figurative) paralysing pain / heat + (figurative) She stood there, paralysed with fear.
2 to prevent sth from functioning normally: The airport is still paralysed by the strike.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 immobilize, inactivate, deactivate, transfix; halt, stop:
The stroke paralysed his entire left side. As the thing approached, the children became paralysed by fear
2 deaden, numb, freeze, anaesthetize, benumb, render insensible:
This injection will paralyse your thumb so that we can operate on it.
3 disable, cripple, incapacitate, disenable:
His left leg was paralysed in the accident.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
completely, totally | partially, partly
He was partially paralysed by the fall.
| almost, virtually
PHRASES
be paralysed from the chest/neck/waist down, be paralysed with fear, leave sb paralysed
The accident left her paralysed.
Concise English dictionary
paralyses|paralysed|paralysing'pærəlaɪz
verb
+make powerless and unable to function
+cause to be paralyzed and immobile
