crutch
noun /krʌtʃ/
  /krʌtʃ/
 - one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot(腿或脚受伤者用的)腋杖 - After the accident I spent six months on crutches.事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。 
- She can only walk with crutches.她要拄拐杖才能行走。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- psychological
 - need
- use
- use something as
- …
 - on crutch
- with crutch
 
- After the accident I spent six months on crutches.
- (usually disapproving) a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much依靠;依赖 - High interest rates are merely a crutch for the country’s ailing economy.高利率仅仅是该国不景气的经济的支柱。 
- He sees religion as an emotional crutch.他把宗教视为情感的拐杖。 
- She uses her work as a psychological crutch.她把工作当成是心理上的支柱。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- psychological
 - need
- use
- use something as
- …
 - on crutch
- with crutch
 
- High interest rates are merely a crutch for the country’s ailing economy.
- (also crotch)the part of the body where the legs join at the top, including the area around the genitals腹股沟;大腿根儿 
- (also crotch)the part of a pair of trousers, etc. that covers the crotch拐杖: 一条裤子的一部分,等等,覆盖拐杖
词源Old English crycc, cryc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruk and German Krücke.