A crutch is a stick whose top fits round or under the user's arm, which someone with an injured foot or leg uses to support their weight when walking.
例句
I can walk without the aid of crutches...我不用拐杖也能自己走。I was on crutches for a while.有一段时间我拄拐。
N-SING
依靠;依赖
If you refer to someone or something as a crutch, you mean that they give you help or support.
例句
The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children...计算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。He gave up the crutch of alcohol.他戒掉了酒瘾。
N-COUNT
同 crotch
Your crutch is the same as your crotch .
例句
He kicked him in the crutch.他踢了他的裆部。
英汉词典释义
n.
拐杖
When he broke his leg he had to walk on crutches.他腿摔断了以后, 不得不靠拐杖走路。
支持物, 精神上的寄托
Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后, 她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking