hamstring

ischio-jambier

Un des muscles à l’arrière de la cuisse qui permettent de plier le genou.

En anglais simple : One of the muscles at the back of your thigh that help you bend your knee.

• I pulled a hamstring while running.
• Stretch your hamstrings before you start training.
• His hamstring injury kept him out of the match.

Synonymes : hams, hammy, hammie

Expressions courantes : pulled hamstring, hamstring injury, stretch a hamstring

tendon ischio-jambier

Bande de tissu résistante derrière le genou, reliant un muscle de l’arrière de la cuisse à un os.

En anglais simple : A strong band of tissue behind the knee that connects a back thigh muscle to bone.

• The hamstring tendon runs behind the knee.
• The surgeon examined the damaged hamstring.
• These hamstrings connect thigh muscles to bones below the knee.

Expressions courantes : hamstring tendon, torn hamstring, hamstring attachment

entraver, paralyser

Empêcher une personne ou une chose d’agir efficacement ou d’atteindre ses objectifs.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something unable to act effectively or achieve their goals.

• These rules hamstring small businesses.
• The project was hamstrung by staff shortages.
• Will the new restrictions hamstring our research?

Comment l'utiliser : be hamstrung by something (The team was hamstrung by a lack of funding.)

Synonymes : hinder, cripple, disable, incapacitate

Contraires : enable, empower

Expressions courantes : hamstring a project, hamstring someone's efforts, hamstring a government

couper les jarrets

Couper les tendons derrière les genoux d’une personne ou d’un animal pour l’empêcher de marcher correctement.

En anglais simple : To stop a person or animal walking properly by cutting the strong bands of tissue behind the knees.

• The attackers tried to hamstring the horses.
• The old account describes cattle being hamstrung with blades.
• Cutting those tendons would hamstring the animal.

Synonymes : hough

Expressions courantes : hamstring a horse, hamstring an animal, hamstring the cattle