2022-08-09 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H - hamstring & hamstrung
2022-08-09
(151217-2) ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H - hamstring & hamstrung
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง hamstring = ‘HAM-string’
ออกเสียง hamstrung = “HAM-struhng”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
A hamstring is one of the tendons
around the hollow of the knee.
(One meaning of the word ham
applies to the part of the human leg back of the knee.)
As a verb, hamstring means
“to cripple or disable”
“to render powerless”:
“You are trying to hamstring my efforts on this job.”
The past tense of hamstring
is hamstrung or hamstringed.
Also correct are hamstrung and hamstringed
as the past participle.
Because of familiarity
with the principal parts of stringas string, strung, strung,
most writers prefer hamstrung:
“You have consistently hamstrung everything I have attempted.”
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition:
tr.v. ham·strung (-strŭng′),
ham·string·ing, ham·strings
- To cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person)
and thereby cripple.
2. To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate:
"These worthwhile books are often hamstrung by unimaginative
formats and inaccurate art" (Don Lessem).
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® SCIENCE DICTIONARY
Hamstring noun
A powerful group of muscles
at the back of the thigh
that arise in the hip and pelvis
and insert as strong tendons behind the knee.
The hamstring bends the knee and helps to straighten the hip.
Hamstrung verb
to disable by cutting the hamstring or hamstrings;
cripple OR to render powerless or useless
Farlex Trivia Dictionary:
Originally, the part of the leg
behind the knee was called the ham,
and then the tendon near the ham was the hamstring;
by extension, the ham became the thigh and buttock together.
See also related terms for thigh.
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