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Palsy is an old word for a health problem where a person cannot control or move part of their body properly, often with shaking or weakness. You mostly hear it today in medical names, like 'cerebral palsy' (a condition from birth affecting movement) or 'Bell's palsy' (sudden weakness in one side of the face). On its own, outside these medical names, it now sounds old-fashioned.
麻痺、癱瘓（現在多出現在醫學名稱中，如腦性麻痺）
組成This word is probably a shortened, older form of 'paralysis,' which came into English through French a long time ago and then wore down to 'palsy.'
同家族的字
- paralysisprobably the same original word - palsy is an older, shortened form of it
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
palsynoun詞源 1/ˈpɔːlzi/
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medicinepathologysciencesComplete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
- The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen
- "Young lady, there is no hope; one side of the Duchesse is struck with palsy; she retains her senses, and will, most probably, to the last; but she cannot live through the night."
palsyverb詞源 1/ˈpɔːlzi/
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To paralyse, either completely or partially.
- 1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.
- Its streets were blocked up with snow - the few passengers seemed palsied with snow, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter.
palsyadj詞源 2/ˈpælzi/
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Chummy, friendly.
palsynoun詞源 2/ˈpælzi/
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slangMate, chum.
- Listen, palsy, you're not the boss.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。