crutch
意味
- 松葉づえ
- 支えになるもの
例文
A young girl on crutches asked Tom where he lived.
松葉づえの若い女性はトムに住んでいるところを聞いた。
I broke my leg and am walking on crutches.
足を骨折して、松葉杖ついてるんだ。
Is it possible to walk on crutches with two broken legs?
両足骨折した状態で、松葉杖ってつけるんですか？
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English crucche, from Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots curche, crutch (“crutch, stilts”), Dutch kruk (“crutch”), Low German krukke, Krück (“crutch”), German Krücke (“crutch”), Swedish krycka (“crutch”). Latin crucia, crucca, croccia, crocia (“crutch”), and its descendants are ultimately from the Germanic.