| Английский > Русский |
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| crutch |
| 1. опора, поддержка |
| 2. костыль |
| 3. (спорт.) стойка мотоцикла |
| 4. (морск.) кормовой брештук, уключина |
| 5. ходить на костылях |
| Английский > Английский |
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| crutch |
| 1. n. 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. |
| 2. n. 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. |
| 3. n. A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk. |
| 4. n. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider. |
| 5. n. (nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber. |
| 6. n. (nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. |
| 7. n. (heraldry) A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back. |
| 8. v. To support on crutches; to prop up. |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To move on crutches. |
| 10. v. To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag. |
| 11. v. To stir with a crutch (in soap making) |
| Русский > Английский |
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| костыль |
| 1. n. crutch |
| 2. n. spike, drive |
| 3. n. tail skid |
