| 单词 | maim |
| 释义 | maim /meɪm/ verb [transitive] INJUREto wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently 使受重伤，使残废 Landmines still kill or maim about 300 people every month. 地雷每个月仍造成约300人死伤。► see thesaurus at hurt→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmaim• The United Nations estimates that 800 people are killed by mines every month, and another 1,200 are maimed.• Where once he had been beautiful now he was hideous; where once he had been mighty, now he was maimed.• For hundreds of years after his death the sick and the maimed and the blind came for healing to his temples.• His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick.• A five-year-old girl was maimed in the bombing.• He was going to maim me.• The first was physical courage: the swaggering courtship of danger, injury, maiming or even death.• Surely terrorists cannot believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement?• His characters are frequently maimed, physically or psychologically.Origin maim (1300-1400) Old French mayniermaim verbChinese seriously to or permanently Corpus wound someone injure very and often |
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