maim 音标拼音: [m'em]
vt . 使残废,使不能工作,使伤残
使残废,使不能工作,使伤残
maim v 1 :
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation ; "
people were maimed by the explosion "
Maim \
Maim \,
n . [
Written in law language {
maihem },
and {
mayhem }.] [
OF .
mehaing .
See {
Maim },
v .]
1 .
The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body ,
by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The privation of any necessary part ;
a crippling ;
mutilation ;
injury ;
deprivation of something essential .
See {
Mayhem }.
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Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish .
--
Hooker .
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A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited .
--
Hayward .
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Maim \
Maim \ (
m [=
a ]
m ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Maimed } (
m [=
a ]
md );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Maiming }.] [
OE .
maimen ,
OF .
mahaignier ,
mehaignier ,
meshaignier ,
cf .
It .
magagnare ,
LL .
mahemiare ,
mahennare ;
perh .
of Celtic origin ;
cf .
Armor .
mac '
ha [~
n ]
a to mutilate ,
m [=
a ]
c '
ha to crowd ,
press ;
or cf .
OHG .
mang [=
o ]
n to lack ,
perh .
akin to E .
mangle to lacerate .
Cf . {
Mayhem }.]
1 .
To deprive of the use of a limb ,
so as to render a person in fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary .
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By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he lost any part of his body ,
was sentenced to lose the like part . --
Blackstone .
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2 .
To mutilate ;
to cripple ;
to injure ;
to disable ;
to impair .
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My late maimed limbs lack wonted might . --
Spenser .
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You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops . --
Shak .
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Syn :
To mutilate ;
mangle ;
cripple .
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1913 Webster ]
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
maim ":
abrade ,
bark ,
batter ,
blemish ,
bloody ,
break ,
bugger ,
bung up ,
burn ,
castrate ,
chafe ,
check ,
chip ,
claw ,
crack ,
craze ,
cripple ,
cut ,
damage ,
de -
energize ,
debilitate ,
defoliate ,
denude ,
disable ,
disenable ,
disfigure ,
dismember ,
drain ,
draw and quarter ,
emasculate ,
enfeeble ,
flay ,
fracture ,
fray ,
frazzle ,
fret ,
gall ,
gash ,
hamstring ,
harm ,
hobble ,
hors de combat ,
hurt ,
impair ,
inactivate ,
incapacitate ,
incise ,
injure ,
kibosh ,
lacerate ,
lame ,
make mincemeat of ,
mangle ,
massacre ,
maul ,
mayhem ,
mutilate ,
peel ,
pick to pieces ,
pierce ,
pull apart ,
puncture ,
put ,
queer ,
queer the works ,
rend ,
rip ,
run ,
rupture ,
sabotage ,
savage ,
scald ,
scorch ,
scotch ,
scrape ,
scratch ,
scuff ,
shred ,
skin ,
slash ,
slit ,
spike ,
sprain ,
stab ,
stick ,
strain ,
strip ,
take apart ,
tear ,
tear apart ,
tear to pieces ,
tear to tatters ,
traumatize ,
unfit ,
weaken ,
wing ,
wound ,
wreck ,
wrench MAIM ,
pleadings .
This is a technical word necessary to be introduced into all indictments for mayhem ;
the words "
feloniously did maim ,"
must of necessity be inserted ,
because no other word ,
or any circumlocution ,
will answer the same purpose .
4 Inst .
118 ;
Hawk .
B .
2 ,
c .
23 ,
s .
17 ,
18 ,
77 ;
Hawk .
B .
2 ,
c .
25 ,
s ,
55 ;
1 Chit .
Cr .
Law , *
244 .
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