crick

FREQ #25459

n. 肌肉抽筋, 急性硬直 vt. 引起痉挛

发音

其它 /kɹɪk/

词形变化

cricks 复数 cricked cricking cricks 三单 cricking 现在分词 cricked 过去式 cricked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.

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    闪到腰

    I had a crick in my neck for a week after ordering the wrong pillow at the Graylyn Estate […]

  2. 2.

    A small jackscrew.

  3. 1.

    Alternative form of creek.

  4. 1.

    The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

v.
  1. 1.

    To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

  2. 2.

    To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.

  3. 3.

    To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

rick kink wrick

上位词 2

cramp spasm
动词

上位词 1

twist

词源

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.

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