n 跛子(person who is unable to walk or move properly because of a bodily defect;lame or disabled person)[C]：Infantile paralysis made～s of many people in those years.小兒麻痹癥在那個(gè)年代使許多人成了跛子。
vt (1)使跛(make sb a cripple)[T+n，通常pass]：The accident～d her permanently.那事故使她終身跛足。be～d by polio/with rheumatism因患小兒麻痹/風(fēng)濕病而跛足;a～d old man一個(gè)跛足的老人;〖同〗disable;
(2)損傷，危害(effect damage，destroy sth seriously)[T+n，通常pass](fig)：(rail transportation) be～d by a storm/a snow storm(鐵路運(yùn)輸)因暴風(fēng)雨/暴風(fēng)雪而遭到損壞。(business) be～d by losses(商號(hào))因損失傷了元?dú)?。The cost of the war has～d the country's economy.戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的耗費(fèi)破壞了國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)。High taxes are～ing the country.苛捐雜稅在摧毀這個(gè)國(guó)家?！玭ational enterprise 損害民族企業(yè);
【辨異】動(dòng)詞cripple與disable都表示“使某人傷殘而不能正常活動(dòng)”。cripple 特指使腿或胳膊致殘;而disable(使殘廢)則是一個(gè)概括性用語。如：A broken leg cripples but does not disable a judge.(斷腿能使一個(gè)法官變?nèi)?，但不能使他成為殘廢。)