Skip to main content

handicapped

/han-dee-kapt/US // ˈhæn diˌkæpt //UK // (ˈhændɪˌkæpt) //

残障,残障人士,残疾人,残疾

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
    • : of or designed for handicapped people: handicapped parking.
    • : Sports. marked by, being under, or having a handicap: a handicapped player.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Usually the handicapped .

    • : Often Offensive. disabled persons collectively: increased job opportunities for the handicapped.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I spent four years in a prison where each handicapped convict was issued an underpaid inmate assistant.

  • Franco plays Benjy, the mentally handicapped—and eventually, castrated—member of the Compson clan.

  • He is not lingering in illness, or crippled, or handicapped.

  • We lost a million individuals in that war…and another million were handicapped.

  • Saenz set an orange plastic sled at the top of a handicapped access ramp.

  • My work has been greatly handicapped of late by lack of certain books to which I wanted to refer.

  • But poor Lancing was seriously handicapped by the fact that he had a woman for his antagonist.

  • Thus, special assistance may be given for starting in trade persons handicapped by their infirmities.

  • He was handicapped by the fact that he did not quite dare to put all his back and shoulders into the preliminary shove.

  • But as for getting tangible help from the Creator of a body handicapped by nerves like his!