cramp

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n. 痉挛, 腹部绞痛, 铁夹钳 a. 狭窄的, 难认的 vt. 使抽筋, 以铁箍扣紧, 束缚

发音

其它 /kɹæmp/

词形变化

cramps 复数 cramps cramped crampest crampeth cramping cramps 三单 cramping 现在分词 cramped 过去式 cramped 过去分词 more cramp 比较级 most cramp 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

    抽筋

    可数 不可数

    He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.

    August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs.

  2. 2.

    That which confines or contracts.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A clamp for carpentry or masonry.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To affect with cramps or spasms.

    及物

    The collar of the tunic scratched my neck, the steel helmet made my head ache, and the puttees cramped my leg muscles.

  3. 3.

    To prohibit movement or expression of.

    比喻 及物

    You're cramping my style.

  4. 4.

    To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.

    及物

    You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.

  5. 5.

    To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.

  6. 6.

    To bind together; to unite.

    引申义
  7. 7.

    To form on a cramp.

    to cramp boot legs

adj.
  1. 1.

    cramped; narrow

    古体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

spasm cramp iron

上位词 5

slip strip clamp symptom clinch

下位词 10

rick twitch twitching crick kink blepharospasm charley horse graphospasm myoclonus opisthotonos
动词

同义词 3

strangle hamper halter

上位词 10

have get fix suffer secure bound limit affect sustain throttle

相关短语

cramp someone's style cramp iron n. 铁搭，钢筋; 铁夹 cramp ring cramp rings cramp bone cramp bones cramp irons cramp ball cramp balls cramp up cramp fasciculation syndrome wanker's cramp brain cramp writer's cramp n. 指痉挛

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krampôder. Frankish *krampōder. Proto-Germanic *krampôder. Middle Dutch crampeder. Old French crampebor. Middle English crampe English cramp From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-West Germanic *krampu, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop.

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