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本期词汇:
injure • wound • hurt • bruise • maim • sprain • pull • tear • twist • strain
These words all mean to harm yourself or sb else physically, especially in an accident.
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
► to injure/hurt/strain yourself
► to injure/hurt/sprain/pull/tear/strain a muscle
► to injure/hurt/sprain/twist your ankle/foot/knee
► to injure/hurt/sprain your wrist/hand
► to injure/hurt/strain your back/shoulder/eyes
► to injure/hurt your spine/neck
► to be badly injured/wounded/hurt/bruised/maimed/sprained/torn
► to be severely injured/wounded/hurt/bruised/sprained
► to be seriously injured/wounded/hurt/bruised
► to be slightly injured/wounded/hurt/bruised/sprained
► to accidentally injure/wound/hurt sb/sth
injure [ T ]
to harm yourself or sb else physically, especially in an accident
Three people were killed and five injured in the crash.
wound [ T , often passive ] ( rather formal ) to injure part of the body, especially by making a hole in the skin using a weapon
About 50 people were seriously wounded in the attack. Wound is often used to talk about people being hurt in war or in other attacks which affect a lot of people.
hurt [ T , I ] to cause physical pain to sb/yourself; to injure sb/yourself
My shoes hurt — they're too tight. NOTE hurt or injure?
You can hurt or injure a part of the body in an accident.
Hurt emphasizes the physical pain caused;
injure emphasizes that the part of the body has been damaged in some way.
bruise [ T , I ] to make a blue, brown or purple mark (a bruise ) appear on the skin after sb has fallen or been hit; to develop a bruise
She had slipped and badly bruised her face. ► bruising noun [ U ]: ( rather formal ) She suffered severe bruising, but no bones were broken.
maim [ T ] ( rather formal )
to injure sb seriously, causing permanent damage to their body
Hundreds of people are killed or maimed in car accidents every week.
sprain [ T ] to injure part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or knee, by suddenly bending it in an awkward way, causing pain and swelling
I stumbled and sprained my ankle. ► sprain noun [ C ]: a bad ankle sprain
pull [ T ] to injure a muscle, etc., by stretching it too much
He pulled a muscle in his back.
tear [ T ] to injure a muscle, etc., by stretching it too much
She's torn a ligament in her right hand. NOTE pull or tear?
To pull or tear a muscle is basically the same action, but a torn muscle is more badly injured than a pulled muscle : the injury or tear goes further across the muscle. You can talk about a badly torn muscle but not : [strike]a badly pulled muscle [/strike].
twist [ T ] to suddenly bend a part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or knee, in an awkward way, causing an injury that involves pain and swelling
She fell and twisted her ankle. NOTE sprain or twist?
A sprain is an injury to your ankle, wrist or knee that causes pain and swelling; to sprain your ankle/wrist/knee is to injure it in this way.
To twist your ankle/wrist/knee is to do the action ( = to suddenly bend it in an awkward way ) that causes the injury.
strain [ T ] to injure yourself or part of your body by making it work too hard
► strain noun [ C , U ]: a calf/groin/leg strain
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