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- relating to or affected by muscle spasm痉挛的; 由痉挛引起的。
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- relating to or denoting a form of muscular weakness (spastic paralysis) typical of cerebral palsy, caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord and involving reflex resistance to passive movement of the limbs and difficulty in initiating and controlling muscular movement痉挛性麻痹的。
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- (of a person) suffering from cerebral palsy（人）患大脑性麻痹的。
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- informal, offensive incompetent or uncoordinated〈非正式, 冒犯〉无能力的; 不协调的。
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- a person suffering from cerebral palsy大脑性麻痹病人。
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- informal, offensive an incompetent or uncoordinated person〈非正式, 冒犯〉笨拙无能的人。
USAGE
The word spastic has been used in medical senses since the 18th century. In the 1970s and 1980s it became a term of abuse, used mainly by schoolchildren, directed towards any person regarded as incompetent or physically uncoordinated. Nowadays, the use of the word spastic, whether as a noun or as an adjective, is likely to cause offence, and it is preferable to use phrasing such as people suffering from cerebral palsy instead.
派生词
spastically
adverbspasticity
noun词源
mid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek spastikos 'pulling', from span 'pull'.