crutch 的 2 个定义
- a staff or support to assist a lame or infirm person in walking, now usually with a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit.
- any of various devices resembling this in shape or use.
- anything that serves as a temporary and often inappropriate support, supplement, or substitute; prop: He uses liquor as a psychological crutch.
- (7)
- to support on crutches; prop; sustain.
crutch 近义词
support
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- You know, we do want children to continue to grow and develop and not necessarily use the AI as a crutch for all of that process, but we do want the AI to maybe help.
- Meanwhile, serious-minded movies that exemplify a more accessible and aspirational worldview are unfairly dismissed and pigeonholed — never mind that such films are much harder to execute without the crutches of sensationalism and vulgarity.
- Because of a war injury, his rotting right leg needed amputation, but he bounced around on crutches, shaking hands and chatting up fans, always seeking mass appeal.
- Performance marketing isn’t a new phenomenon, but it has become an important crutch over the past several years, particularly among DTC brands.
- “Metabolism can increase 15 to 20 percent with trauma, minor surgery, and the use of crutches,” says Catherine Kruppa, a masters marathoner and registered dietitian who owns Advice for Eating, in Houston.
- After my crying spell stopped, I gritted my teeth, tucked my crutch under my right arm, and turned to my husband.
- Ironically, the same psychological crutch of self-justification can then help in these situations.
- For me, technology is a delightfully helpful crutch to scaffold me into more advanced meditative practices.
- “Sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis,” he says.
- Although I do love, I think that sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis.
- He was between the wheels when we stopped, and I planted a crutch on one of his bare feet and embraced him.
- At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."
- My crutch emphasized this mandate, but I could not see how it was received, for every scholar's face was hidden from me by a book.
- I hurled my pipe into the smouldering coals; I tossed a crutch at little Colonel, and the dog ran howling from the room.
- Ezekiel designed a statue located at Lynchburg in honor of Major Daniel which shows him seated and holding a crutch.