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palsy of [body part]
作名词时，用 of 短语说明受影响的部位，是医学语境中的常见搭配。
The disease causes palsy of the limbs.
这种疾病导致四肢瘫痪。
麻痹；瘫痪
palsies — plural of palsy
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麻痹；瘫痪
paralysis; loss of the ability to move a body part
The disease causes palsy of the limbs.
这种疾病导致四肢瘫痪。
麻痹,瘫痪:身体某部分的完全或部分肌肉瘫痪,常伴有感觉丧失和不自主的身体运动(如颤抖)。
Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
身体部位失去活动能力
loss of the ability to move a body part
以无法控制的颤抖为特征的状态
a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
The stroke caused a temporary palsy on the left side of her face.
中风导致她左侧面部暂时麻痹。
After the accident, he developed a slight palsy in his hand and could not write clearly.
事故之后，他的手出现轻微麻痹，无法清楚地写字。
The doctor said the palsy might improve with physical therapy.
医生说这种麻痹或许会通过物理治疗得到改善。
作名词时，用 of 短语说明受影响的部位，是医学语境中的常见搭配。
The disease causes palsy of the limbs.
这种疾病导致四肢瘫痪。
suffer from 表示长期患有某种疾病，常用于描述慢性症状。
He suffers from palsy after the stroke.
他中风后患有麻痹症。
palsy 作及物动词，直接接受事，意思是“使瘫痪”。
The poison palsied his muscles.
毒药使他的肌肉麻痹。
常用被动语态，强调外部原因导致失去活动能力。
Her movements were palsied by the cold.
寒冷使她无法动弹。
Not this
After the stroke, his left arm was palsy.
Use this
After the stroke, his left arm was palsied.
palsy 是名词或及物动词，不作形容词；描述“患麻痹的/瘫痪的”状态要用其过去分词形容词 palsied，因此 be 后应接 palsied 而非 palsy。
Not this
His legs palsied after the accident.
Use this
His legs were palsied after the accident.
palsy 作动词时是及物动词，必须带宾语，不能像不及物动词那样直接以身体部位作主语；要表示“变得麻痹”需用 be palsied 这种被动/状态结构。
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脑瘫；大脑性麻痹
Cerebral palsy is caused by brain damage before or during birth.
脑瘫是由出生前或出生过程中的脑损伤引起的。
贝尔面瘫；面神经麻痹
Bell's palsy often resolves within a few months.
贝尔面瘫通常会在几个月内痊愈。
面部麻痹；面瘫
The infection caused facial palsy on the left side of his face.
感染导致他左侧面部麻痹。
震颤麻痹（帕金森病的旧称）
In the past, Parkinson's disease was called shaking palsy.
过去，帕金森病被称为震颤麻痹。
麻痹的手；瘫痪的手
His palsied hand made it difficult to write.
他麻痹的手使他写字困难。
患麻痹症
The patient suffered from palsy after the stroke.
患者中风后患上了麻痹症。
看哪，他们把一个因瘫痪而躺在床上的人带到他面前。
This is from the King James Version of the Bible, Matthew 9:2, where a paralysed man is brought to Jesus.
这句出自钦定版圣经《马太福音》9章2节，描述一个瘫痪的人被带到耶稣面前。
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联想：palsy 以 pal（伙伴）开头，伙伴瘫痪不能动，记住 palsy＝麻痹、瘫痪。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical terms (e.g., cerebral palsy)、formal or literary prose palsy 表示“麻痹/瘫痪”时多用于医学病名（如 cerebral palsy）或较正式的书面语，日常口语中更常说 paralysis / paralyzed，需结合搭配判断正式程度。
与 palsy 真正押韵的是 ballsy（/ˈbɔlzi/，同含 /ɔlzi/）。clumsy、flimsy、drowsy 都与 palsy 一样以 -sy 结尾并读 /zi/，但重音元音不同，不押韵。tipsy 也以 -sy 结尾，但读 /si/（清音），不要误读成 /zi/。pal 是形近词：前三个字母拼作 pal，但读 /pæl/，与 palsy 的 /pɔl/ 不同。
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