English-Thai Dictionary

cripple

N คน หรือ สัตว์ ที่ พิการ  kon-rue-sad-ti-pi-kan

 

cripple

VT ทำลาย  ทำให้ ใช้การไม่ได้  disable tam-lai

 

cripple

VT ทำให้ พิการ  lame tam-hai-pi-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRIPPLE

n.[G.] A lame person; primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps; one who has lost, or never enjoyed the use of his limbs. Acts 14:8. The word may signify one who is partially or totally disabled from using his limbs.
See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing.

 

CRIPPLE

a.Lame.

 

CRIPPLE

v.t. 1. To lame; to deprive of the use of the limbs, particularly of the legs and feet.
2. To disable; to deprive of the power of exertion. We say, a fleet was crippled in the engagement.

 

CRIPPLED

pp. Lamed; rendered impotent in the limbs; disabled.

 

CRIPPLENESS

n.Lameness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRIPPLE

Crip "ple (krp "p'l ), n. Etym: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill ), prop. , one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep. ]

 

Defn: One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

 

CRIPPLE

CRIPPLE Crip "ple (krp "p'l ), a.

 

Defn: Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night. " Shak.

 

CRIPPLE

Crip "ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld ); p. pr. & vb. n.Crippling (-plng ).]

 

1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments... were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.

 

CRIPPLED

CRIPPLED Crip "pled (krp "p'ld ), a.

 

Defn: Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone. " Longfellow.

 

CRIPPLENESS

CRIPPLENESS Crip "ple *ness, n.

 

Defn: Lameness. [R.] Johnson.

 

CRIPPLER

CRIPPLER Crip "pler (-plr ), n.

 

Defn: A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cripple

crip ple |ˈkripəl ˈkrɪpəl | ▶noun dated, offensive a person who is unable to walk or move properly because of disability or injury to their back or legs. • a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind: an emotional cripple. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to become unable to move or walk properly: (as adj. crippling ) : a crippling disease. • cause severe and disabling damage to (a machine ): over-lubrication might well lead to piston seizure, crippling the engine. • cause a severe and almost insuperable problem for: developing countries are crippled by their debts. DERIVATIVES crip pler |ˈkrip (ə )lər |noun, crip pling ly adverb ORIGIN Old English: from two words, crypel and crēopel, both of Germanic origin and related to creep . usage: The word cripple has long been in use to refer to ‘a person unable to walk due to illness or disability ’ and is recorded as early as ad 950. In the 20th century, the term acquired offensive connotations and has now been largely replaced by broader terms such as ‘disabled person. ’

 

crippled

crip pled |ˈkripəld ˈkrɪpld | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to walk or move properly; disabled: a crippled old man. • (of a machine ) severely damaged: the pilot displayed skill and nerve in landing the crippled plane. usage: See usage at cripple .

 

crippleware

crip ple ware |ˈkripəlˌwe (ə )r ˈkrɪpəlwɛr | ▶noun Computing, informal software distributed with reduced functionality with a view to attracting payment for a fully functional version.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cripple

crip ¦ple |ˈkrɪp (ə )l | ▶noun dated or offensive a person who is unable to walk or move properly through disability or because of injury to their back or legs. • a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind: an emotional cripple. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to become unable to walk or move properly: a young student was crippled for life | (as adj. crippling ) : a crippling disease. • cause severe and disabling damage to (a machine ). 2 cause a severe and almost insuperable problem for: developing countries are crippled by their debts. DERIVATIVES crippler noun, cripplingly adverb ORIGIN Old English: from two words, crypel and crēopel, both of Germanic origin and related to creep . usage: The word cripple has long been in use to refer to ‘a person unable to walk through illness or disability ’ and is recorded (in the Lindisfarne Gospels ) as early as ad 950. In the 20th century the term acquired offensive connotations and has now been largely replaced by broader terms such as ‘disabled person ’.

 

crippled

crip ¦pled |ˈkrɪpld | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to walk or move properly; disabled: a crippled old man. • (of a machine ) severely damaged: the pilot displayed skill and nerve in landing the crippled plane. usage: See usage at cripple .

 

crippleware

crip ple ware |ˈkripəlˌwe (ə )r ˈkrɪpəlwɛr | ▶noun Computing, informal software distributed with reduced functionality with a view to attracting payment for a fully functional version.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cripple

cripple verb 1 the accident crippled her: disable, paralyze, immobilize, make lame, incapacitate, handicap, leave someone a paraplegic /quadriplegic. 2 the company had been crippled by the recession: devastate, ruin, destroy, wipe out; paralyze, hamstring, bring to a standstill, put out of action, sideline, put out of business, bankrupt, break, bring someone to their knees.

 

crippled

crippled adjective crippled soldiers: disabled, paralyzed, incapacitated, physically handicapped, lame, immobilized, bedridden, in a wheelchair, paraplegic, quadriplegic; euphemistic physically challenged. WORD NOTE crippled To studiously and unerringly substitute disabled or challenged for crippled seems to me to have less to do with the fact that the word itself is demeaning than with a desire to signify our awareness that the disabled have rights, and deserve not only sympathy but respect. Which is entirely laudable and correct. And yet there are instances when crippled seems more accurate and less jarring. To say that someone is hindered by a disabled or challenged hand sounds simply peculiar. And to write that a person was crippled in an accident sounds worse than saying he was disabled —and indeed it is worse. Excising the word from the language signifies a reluctance to face up to the damage that our fragile bodies can sustain, and the harshness of the random fates that befall us every day. — FP Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cripple

cripple verb 1 the car crash crippled a young woman for life: disable, paralyse, immobilize, make lame, lame, incapacitate, debilitate, handicap; maim, impair, damage, injure, hamstring; rare torpefy. 2 sugar producers have been crippled by plummeting prices: ruin, destroy, wipe out, crush, break; impair, hamstring, hamper, impede, cramp, spoil, sabotage, scotch, scupper, bring to a standstill, paralyse, enfeeble, weaken, render powerless, put out of action, put out of business, bankrupt, make bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to penury, bring someone to their knees; informal clean out, put the kibosh on, do for; N. Amer. informal rain on someone's parade; archaic bring to naught; rare vitiate, beggar, pauperize. ANTONYMS boost.

 

crippled

crippled adjective See disabled.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cripple

crip ple /krɪ́p (ə )l /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C ｟けなして ｠手足の不自由な人 [動物 ], 身体障害者 (!差別的表現で一般に使用は控え, 婉曲的なphysically handicapped [｟米 ｠challenged ] person, disabled personなどを用いる; →disabled 語法 ) ▸ an emotional cripple 精神障害者 ; ｟くだけて ｠感情をコントロールできない人 .動詞 他動詞 (!しばしば受け身で ) 1 〈手足 〉を (事故などで )不自由 [不具 ]にする ; 〈人の精神 〉に重大な障害を与える ▸ He was crippled in a car crash .彼は自動車事故で身体障害を負った 2 〈機械 制度 組織 活動など 〉に損害を与える , …をだめにする , まひさせる ▸ Public transportation was crippled .公共交通機関がまひしてしまった

 

crippled

cr í p pled 形容詞 手足の不自由な ; 不自由になった (→disabled 語法 ).