ham·string /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/
腿筋,腿窩(vt.)切斷腿筋使成跛腿,使殘廢
ham·string /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/ 名詞
膕繩肌腱
Ham·string n. Anat. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
Ham·string, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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hamstring
n : one of the tendons at the back of the knee [syn: hamstring
tendon]
v 1: make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung
by the overly rigid schedules"
2: cripple by cutting the hamstring
[also: hamstrung]