crip·ple
verb/ˈkrɪpl/
/ˈkrɪpl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cripple | /ˈkrɪpl/ /ˈkrɪpl/ |
| he / she / it cripples | /ˈkrɪplz/ /ˈkrɪplz/ |
| past simple crippled | /ˈkrɪpld/ /ˈkrɪpld/ |
| past participle crippled | /ˈkrɪpld/ /ˈkrɪpld/ |
| -ing form crippling | /ˈkrɪplɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪplɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to damage somebody’s body so that they cannot walk or move well
损害某人的身体，使他们无法正常行走或移动 - be crippled (by something) He was crippled by polio as a child.
他幼年患过小儿麻痹症，结果腿就瘸了。 - be crippled with something She's eighty and crippled with arthritis.
她八十岁了，因患关节炎而腿瘸。
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc2- As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life.
她小时候患过小儿麻痹症，留下了终生残疾。 - The disease left him crippled.
那种病使他残疾了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- for life
- permanently
- emotionally
- …
- be crippled with
- leave somebody crippled
- be crippled (by something) He was crippled by polio as a child.
- [usually passive] to seriously damage or harm somebody/something
严重毁坏（或损害） - be crippled (by something) The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
该行业因这些政策陷入财务困境。 - Sugar producers have been crippled by plummeting prices.
因食糖价格暴跌，食糖生产商损失惨重。 - The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
飞行员试图驾驶损坏严重的飞机着陆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- severely
- financially
- be crippled (by something) The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
Word OriginOld English: from two words, crypel and crēopel, both of Germanic origin and related to creep.