n. 后腿腱

vt. 切断腿腱使成跛腿, 使瘫痪

[医] ё绳肌腱

Hamstring \Ham"string`\ (h[a^]m"str[i^]ng`), 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.


Hamstring \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.