splint

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splint /splɪnt/ noun [countable]  MHa flat piece of wood, metal etc used for keeping a broken bone in position while it mends 〔用以固定断骨的〕夹板

Examples from the Corpus

splint• His arm is weak, and he has to wear a splint on his leg.• There was not one timber which did not have cracks and splints.• Occasionally, children with even mild cases were dressed in casts or splints to immobilize limbs.• Here they filled me with morphia, gave me ether, and put my arm in a rough splint.• She imagined a steel splint inside her giraffe neck, and felt the pain as it appeared inside her unfamiliar flesh.• After five days we removed the packing around the splint.• When you've taken the splints off your leg you can use them to strap your arm up.• She was born with severe back problems and spent much of her childhood wearing splints and fearing she would not walk again.Origin splint (1200-1300) Middle Low German splinte, splente

splint nounChinese  

used Corpus etc flat piece a wood, of metal

splint
splint /splɪnt/ noun [countable]a flat piece of wood, metal etc used for keeping a broken bone in position while it mends

splintBrE /splɪnt/ 🔊NAmE /splɪnt/ 🔊 nouna long piece of wood or metal that is tied to a broken arm or leg to keep it still and in the right position （固定断肢的）夹板