Word · Frequency #14340
crutch
拐杖
a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches the ground, used as a support when walking
- 1.
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
拐杖；腋下支撑以减轻腿部负重的助行器具。
- 2.
a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
拐杖,腋下支撑用的木制或金属杖
- 3.
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
支撑的事物或人,常贬义指非必要且导致不健康依赖的依靠；依托。
- 4.
anything that serves as an expedient
权宜之计
- 5.
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
裆部；两腿与躯干分叉处。
- 6.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
女式马鞍的叉状鞍头,用于支撑骑手的腿。
- 7.
A knee, or piece of knee timber.
膝形木；弯头木材。
- 8.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
叉形支柱；叉架。
拐杖；腋下支撑以减轻腿部负重的助行器具。；拐杖,腋下支撑用的木制或金属杖；支撑的事物或人,常贬义指非必要且导致不健康依赖的依靠；依托。；权宜之计；裆部；两腿与躯干分叉处。
In use
He used a crutch for six weeks after breaking his leg.
She leaned her crutches against the wall before sitting down.
The doctor said he would need a crutch until his ankle healed.
he uses drugs as a psychological crutch
n. be on crutches
表示因伤或术后依靠双拐行走的状态，crutch 常用复数。
He was on crutches for a month after the accident.
事故后他拄了一个月的拐杖。
n. use sth as a crutch
比喻用法，指把某事物当作精神支撑或逃避现实的手段，常含贬义。
He uses work as a crutch to avoid dealing with his feelings.
他把工作当作拐杖，用来逃避处理自己的情绪。
Connections
Collocations
- walk with crutches
- 拄拐杖行走
- For two months after surgery, she had to walk with crutches.手术后的两个月里，她不得不拄着拐杖行走。
- on crutches
- 拄着拐杖
- He is on crutches after a skiing accident.滑雪事故后，他拄着拐杖。
- a pair of crutches
- 一副拐杖
- The hospital provided a pair of crutches for the patient.医院给病人提供了一副拐杖。
- use crutches
- 使用拐杖
- She learned how to use crutches before leaving the hospital.她离开医院前学会了如何使用拐杖。
- emotional crutch
- 情感寄托
- Some people rely on social media as an emotional crutch.有些人把社交媒体当作情感寄托。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 crutch 中间的 t 像拐杖顶端的横木, 卡在腋下支撑身体。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：hospital rehabilitation、daily walking after leg injury、medical supply store 此义项指帮助行走的拐杖，多用于医疗、康复和日常对话中。语域上通常偏中性，书面和口语都常见，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Crutch rhymes with hutch, clutch, Dutch, such, and touch: all have the stressed sound /ʌtʃ/. Notice spelling differences: such has no 't', and touch uses 'ou' for /ʌ/. Beware lookalikes such as match, patch, catch, and watch, which end in -tch but are pronounced /ætʃ/ or /ɒtʃ/, not /ʌtʃ/; butch also shares the -utch spelling but is /bʊtʃ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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