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- any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee膝后部的大腿肌腱, 腘绳肌腱：
he pulled a hamstring.
他拉伤了腘绳肌腱。
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- the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock（四足动物跗关节后部的）大肌腱, 后腿腱。
(past and past participle hamstrung)with obj.
1- cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings割断…的腿腱使伤残。
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- （一般作be hamstrung）severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of使陷于瘫痪; 使无能为力; 使不起作用：
we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge.
我们由于毫不知情而无能为力。