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cripple
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural cripples
plural cripples
Learner's definition of CRIPPLE
[count]
1
old-fashioned + offensive : a person who cannot move or walk normally because of a permanent injury (such as a damaged leg or foot) or other physical problem瘸子；跛子
- He returned from war a cripple.他打仗归来，成了个瘸子。
◊ Cripple is an old-fashioned word. People now usually use the less offensive term disabled person.*cripple是旧式单词，现在人们通常用disabled person，以减轻冒犯之意。
2
informal : a person who has emotional problems that prevent normal behavior with other people感情有缺陷的人
- She's an emotional cripple. [=she's unable to express her emotions normally]她无法正常表达自己的感情。
- social cripples有社交障碍的人
2 cripple /ˈkrɪpəl/ verb
cripples; crippled; crippling
2 cripple
/ˈkrɪpəl/
verb
cripples; crippled; crippling
Learner's definition of CRIPPLE
[+ object]
1
: to cause (a person or animal) to be unable to move or walk normally使残疾；使成瘸子 — usually used as (be) crippled通常用作(be) crippled
- Thousands of people have been crippled by the disease.成千上万的人因这种疾病致残。
- The car accident left him crippled. [=disabled]那场车祸使他残疾了。
2
: to make (something) unable to work normally : to cause great damage to (something)削弱；损害
- Higher taxes could cripple small businesses.增税会打击小企业。
- an economy crippled by inflation被通货膨胀拖垮了的经济
- The disease cripples the body's immune system. [=it makes the body unable to heal itself]这种疾病会破坏人体的免疫系统。
— crippling
adjective- crippling diseases造成严重损害的疾病
- the crippling effects of the disease这种病的严重后果
- the crippling effects of inflation通货膨胀的严重后果
: being lame, flawed, or imperfect
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun He returned from war a cripple. Verb Higher taxes could cripple small businesses. an economy crippled by inflation
Recent Examples on the Web
New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 Defense Ministry bureaucracy was also beginning cripple operations. Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team put an emphasis on China’s anti-satellite weaponry, which could be used to sever military communications in a conflict and cripple Western economies. Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 1 Dec. 2020 Will that cripple teams to the point where games must be rescheduled? Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 Some experts argued that Western countries could never enforce such draconian measures—which curtail human rights and cripple economies—but Italy, shocked by the strain on the health care system in the north of the country, followed suit on 9 March. Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 18 Mar. 2020 So a future reconciliation bill would not only cripple Obamacare and strip millions of Americans of health coverage obtained via the exchanges, but also kill the Medicaid expansion and throw millions more out of coverage. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Oct. 2016 Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Builders of big swimming pools and spas for custom homes in far-flung neighborhoods complained the cap could cripple their companies, and that lap pools and diving boards may become a thing of the past. Ken Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022 The political ambitions of 52 U.S. Senators seem again poised to cripple long-overdue climate reform, even after the United Nations gathered again to fret over our folly. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 1 Dec. 2021 With that protein being weak, the virus can infiltrate and cripple our immune system. Shelby Denise Smith, Essence, 30 July 2022 Train stations, dams, utilities, government buildings, air bases, ground bases, all are potential targets whose loss could cripple Ukraine’s military capability, morale, or economy. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2022 What may cripple one could actually be a boost for another. Matthew Meehan, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Parents, particularly non-white ones, feel this most acutely, and because parents make up a big share of crucial middle- and upper-management roles, losing them can cripple a company’s future. Bill Schaninger, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2022 The actions could send Russia’s financial market into free fall and cripple the Kremlin’s ability to pay for its new war, which has intensified in recent days. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 See More
Adjective
Another group calling themselves the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans aimed to disrupt regime communications, cripple infrastructure and leak names and addresses of security-service members. New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 Defense Ministry bureaucracy was also beginning cripple operations. Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team put an emphasis on China’s anti-satellite weaponry, which could be used to sever military communications in a conflict and cripple Western economies. Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 1 Dec. 2020 Will that cripple teams to the point where games must be rescheduled? Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 Some experts argued that Western countries could never enforce such draconian measures—which curtail human rights and cripple economies—but Italy, shocked by the strain on the health care system in the north of the country, followed suit on 9 March. Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 18 Mar. 2020 So a future reconciliation bill would not only cripple Obamacare and strip millions of Americans of health coverage obtained via the exchanges, but also kill the Medicaid expansion and throw millions more out of coverage. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Oct. 2016 Verb
Proposition 64, California’s 2016 landmark cannabis initiative, sold voters on the promise a legal market would cripple the drug’s outlaw trade, with its associated violence and environmental wreckage. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Builders of big swimming pools and spas for custom homes in far-flung neighborhoods complained the cap could cripple their companies, and that lap pools and diving boards may become a thing of the past. Ken Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022 The political ambitions of 52 U.S. Senators seem again poised to cripple long-overdue climate reform, even after the United Nations gathered again to fret over our folly. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 1 Dec. 2021 With that protein being weak, the virus can infiltrate and cripple our immune system. Shelby Denise Smith, Essence, 30 July 2022 Train stations, dams, utilities, government buildings, air bases, ground bases, all are potential targets whose loss could cripple Ukraine’s military capability, morale, or economy. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2022 What may cripple one could actually be a boost for another. Matthew Meehan, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Parents, particularly non-white ones, feel this most acutely, and because parents make up a big share of crucial middle- and upper-management roles, losing them can cripple a company’s future. Bill Schaninger, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2022 The actions could send Russia’s financial market into free fall and cripple the Kremlin’s ability to pay for its new war, which has intensified in recent days. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English cripel, from Old English crypel; akin to Old English crēopan to creep — more at creep
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of cripple was before the 12th century verb¹
verb²
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