hamstring

hamstring
noun
  1. any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee
    膝后部的大腿肌腱,腘绳肌腱
    he pulled a hamstring.
    他拉伤了腘绳肌腱。
    ■the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock
    (四足动物跗关节后部的)大肌腱,后腿腱
(past and past participle hamstrung)
  1. [with obj.]cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings
    割断…的腿腱使伤残
    ■(一般作 be hamstrung)severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of
    使陷于瘫痪;使无能为力;使不起作用
    we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge.
    我们由于毫不知情而无能为力。
语源
  1. 16th cent.: from ham + string
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