Englisch-Holländisch Übersetzung für crutch

kruk
Gebarentaal is geen kruk of rolstoel. Sign language is not a crutch or a wheelchair. Het spijt ons te moeten constateren dat ondanks de verklaringen en de plechtige verzekeringen van Cork, deze tweede pijler van het GLB in werkelijkheid nog veel weg heeft van een wankele kruk. We are disappointed that, in fact, despite all the declarations and grand statements at Cork, this second pillar of the CAP still looks like a shaky crutch.

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk
A knee, or piece of knee timber
A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back
To support on crutches; to prop up
To move on crutches
To stir with a crutch (in soap making

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.
Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

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