one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot （腿或脚受伤者用的）腋杖 After the accident I spent six months on crutches. 事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。 🔊🔊 She can only walk with crutches. 她要拄拐杖才能行走。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- psychological
- need
- use
- use something as
- …
- on crutch
- with crutch
- (usually disapproving)
a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much 依靠；依赖 High interest rates are merely a crutch for the country’s ailing economy. 高利率仅仅是该国经济不景气的拐杖。 He sees religion as an emotional crutch. 他将宗教视为情感的拐杖。 She uses her work as a psychological crutch. 她把工作当成是心理上的支柱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- psychological
- need
- use
- use something as
- …
- on crutch
- with crutch
- (also crotch)
the part of the body where the legs join at the top, including the area around the genitals 腹股沟；大腿根儿 - (also crotch)
the part of a pair of trousers, etc. that covers the crotch
Word OriginOld English crycc, cryc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruk and German Krücke.