English Dictionary

crutch

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹʌt͡ʃ/

名詞

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

日本語の意味

松葉杖：歩行時に腕の下に支えを入れ、脚への体重負担を減らすための補助器具

After the surgery, she relied on a crutch to get around the house while her leg healed.

手術の後、彼女は足が回復するまで家の中を移動するために松葉杖に頼っていた。

意味（1）

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.

意味（2）

Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop

Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

意味（3）

A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.

意味（4）

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

意味（5）

(nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.

意味（6）

(nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.

意味（7）

(heraldry) A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.

crutches （ plural ）