Word · Frequency #11135
cripples
瘸子；跛子
cripples is the plural of cripple.
A person who cannot walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back.
现常被视为冒犯性说法，正式场合多用 disabled person 等词
- 1.
A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
在非身体方面严重受损或有缺陷的人。
- 2.
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
因腿或背残疾而行走不便的人
- 3.
A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
用于门上方或窗上下方墙体的短木立柱或支撑。
- 4.
A rocky shallow in a stream.
溪流中的岩石浅滩。
有严重缺陷的人；不健全的人；短柱；门窗上下的短木柱；石滩；溪流中的浅石滩；在非身体方面严重受损或有缺陷的人。；因腿或背残疾而行走不便的人
In use
In the past, many war veterans became cripples due to lack of medical care.
The accident left him a cripple for the rest of his life.
The new subway station was designed to be accessible to cripples.
a cripple
He was a cripple after the accident.
事故后他成了跛子。
the cripple
注意：'cripple' 在现代英语中常被视为冒犯，建议使用 'person with a disability'。
The cripple asked for help.
那个跛子请求帮助。
Common mistakes
He has a cripple leg.He has a crippled leg.
cripple 是名词，不能直接修饰名词；应用形容词 crippled 表示‘瘸的’。
Connections
Collocations
- emotional cripple
- 情感上有严重缺陷的人；情感不健全的人
- After the accident, he described himself as an emotional cripple who could not trust anyone.事故后，他形容自己在情感上不健全，无法信任任何人。
- social cripple
- 社交无能的人；不善社交的人
- She avoided parties because she felt like a social cripple.她避开聚会，因为觉得自己不善于社交。
- cripple stud
- 门窗洞口上下的短木立柱
- The builder nailed the cripple stud into place above the door.建筑工人把短木立柱钉在门上方。
- cripple wall
- 基础与首层之间的木构矮墙
- The engineer checked the cripple wall for signs of rot.工程师检查了矮墙是否有腐烂迹象。
Idioms & figurative uses
- emotional cripple
- 情感上有严重缺陷的人After the divorce, he became an emotional cripple, unable to trust anyone.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆提示：cripple 以 cr 开头，联想拄拐(crutch)的人，走路一瘸一拐；名词指“瘸子”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常口语（贬义）、历史或文学文本 指称行走不便的残障人士时，现代英语中通常视为冒犯性用语，多用于贬义或非正式语境；正式或医疗场合宜改用 disabled person、person with a disability 等。早期文本中可能较中性，但现在应避免使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 cripple /ˈkrɪpəl/ 真正押韵的词有 ripple /ˈrɪpəl/、tipple /ˈtɪpəl/、nipple /ˈnɪpəl/、triple /ˈtrɪpəl/，它们重读元音均为 /ɪ/，且之后都是 /pəl/。注意：apple /ˈæpəl/ 和 people /ˈpiːpəl/ 拼写相似，但重读元音分别是 /æ/ 和 /iː/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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