cripple
US: /ˈkɹɪpəɫ/
UK: /kɹˈɪpəl/
UK: /kɹˈɪpəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cripple /'kripl/
- danh từ
- người què
- cái thang đứng, cái giá (của thợ quét vôi...)
- ngoại động từ
- làm què, làm tàn tật
- làm hỏng, phá hỏng; làm lụn bại
- the ship was crippled by the storm: chiếc tàu đã bị bão làm hỏng
- (nghĩa bóng) làm tê liệt
- to cripple someone's efforts: làm tê liệt cố gắng của ai
- nội động từ
- (+ along) đi khập khiễng
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN] [usually passive]
1 to damage sb's body so that they are no longer able to walk or move normally: He was crippled by polio as a child. + to be crippled with arthritis
2 to seriously damage or harm sb/sth: The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
crippling adjective: a crippling disease + crippling debts
+ noun (old-fashioned or offensive) a person who is unable to walk or move normally because of a disease or injury: (figurative) He's an emotional cripple (= he cannot express his feelings).
Help Note: People now use disabled person instead of 'cripple'.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 amputee, paralytic:
He has been a cripple since the accident.
v.
2 disable, lame, incapacitate, handicap, maim; impair, damage, weaken, debilitate, emasculate, enervate:
She was crippled when a child. The dictator's power was crippled by the revolt.
Collocation dictionary
1 injure
ADV.
for life, permanently
As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life.
PHRASES
be crippled with
He's eighty and crippled with arthritis.
| leave sb crippled
The disease left him crippled.
2 damage
ADV.
financially
The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
Concise English dictionary
cripples|crippled|crippling'krɪpl
noun
+someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
verb
+deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
+deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
