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maim

/meym/US // meɪm //UK // (meɪm) //

残害,致残,伤残,残废

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
    • : to impair; make essentially defective: The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Obsolete.

    • : a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
    • : an injury or defect; blemish; lack.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcripple, put out of action
Forms: maimed

Examples

  • When Iron Dome misses -- and it does sometimes miss -- the Gaza rockets kill and maim only within a very limited radius.

  • But what chances should I have given them to kill or maim us: Fifty-fifty?

  • On land and in sea the animal creation chase and maim, and slay and devour each other.

  • We came in peace and goodwill, not to maim and slay, or to spread alarm and desolation through thy land.

  • If a man maim another, and does not compromise with him, there shall be retaliation in kind.

  • Still there were left at liberty enough to maim cattle and shoot at landlords.

  • Tho' I am not unhealthy, yet I am very weak, know maim therefore I hope it won't be long maim.