English-Thai Dictionary

hamstring

N เอ็น ร้อยหวาย  en-roi-wai

 

hamstring

VT ตัด เอ็น ร้อยหวาย ที่ ขา (ทำให้ ขา พิการ  cripple lame tad-en-roi-wai-ti-ka

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HAMSTRING

n.The tendons of the ham.

 

HAMSTRING

v.t.pret. and pp. hamstrung or hamstringed. To cut the tendons of the ham, and this to lame or disable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAMSTRING

HAMSTRING Ham "string `, n. (Anat. )

 

Defn: One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

 

HAMSTRING

Ham "string `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n.Hamstringing. See String. ]

 

Defn: To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hamstring

ham string |ˈhamˌstriNG ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ | ▶noun any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee: he pulled a hamstring. • the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock. ▶verb ( past and past participle hamstrung ) [ with obj. ] cripple (a person or animal ) by cutting their hamstrings. • (usu. be hamstrung ) severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of: we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hamstring

ham |string |ˈhamstrɪŋ | ▶noun any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee: he pulled a hamstring. • the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock. ▶verb ( past and past participle hamstrung ) [ with obj. ] cripple (a person or animal ) by cutting their hamstrings. • severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of: we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge. ORIGIN 16th cent.: from ham 1 + string .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hamstring

hamstring verb 1 cattle were killed or hamstrung: cripple, lame, disable, incapacitate. 2 he felt hamstrung by the regulations. See hamper 2.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hamstring

hamstring verb 1 the enemy was trying to hamstring his horse: cripple, lame, hock, disable, handicap, injure. 2 we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge: handicap, constrain, restrict, cripple, shackle, fetter, encumber, block, frustrate, cramp, bridle; hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit, retard, baulk, thwart, foil, curb, delay, set back, slow down, hold back, hold up; restrain, check, curtail; informal stymie; N. Amer. informal bork; literary trammel; rare cumber. ANTONYMS help.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hamstring

ham string /hǽmstrɪ̀ŋ /名詞 C (人の )ひざの後ろの腱 （けん ）, ひかがみの腱 ; (四足獣の )後脚節の後腱 .動詞 →string 他動詞 1 〈活動など 〉を妨害する, 困難にする, 挫折 （ざせつ ）させる (block ) (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 〈人 動物 〉を (腱を切って )足を不自由にする .