cramp

英 [kræmp] 美 [kræmp]

• n. 抽筋；痉挛；夹钳
• (复)cramps: 绞痛.
• v. 束缚；使痉挛；用夹钳夹紧

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U](肌肉)痉挛，抽筋

   a painful stiffening of muscles

v. (动词)

1. vt 夹紧，压紧

   put into too small a space

2. vt. 约束，限制

   restrict

英英释义

Noun:

1. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

2. a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

3. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together

Verb:

1. secure with a cramp;

   "cramp the wood"
   

2. prevent the progress or free movement of;

   "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
   "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
   

3. affect with or as if with a cramp

4. suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The swimmer got cramp in his legs and had to be helped out of the water.
   游泳者两腿抽筋，不得不由他人救助出水。
2. I got a cramp while swimming and almost drowned.
   我游泳时痉挛，差点溺水。
3. He held the pieces together with a cramp while the glue was drying.
   他用夹子把这些碎片夹在一起，等着胶水变干。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Tighter trade restrictions might cramp economic growth.
   较严格的贸易限制会妨碍经济的增长。
2. All skeletal muscles can cramp at any given moment.
   所有的骨骼肌都会在任何时候发生抽筋的状况。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The swimmer suddenly got cramp.
   这个游泳的人突然抽筋了。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. Lack of money cramped our efforts.
   资金紧缺限制了我们的努力。
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2. Our project was cramped by the new law.
   我们的项目受到新法律的限制。

经典引文

• A tendency to sensational cramp..I would fall writhing to the ground, my leg muscles knotted.

  出自： E. Blishen

• Her belly was all knotted up with a cramp.

  出自： J. Dos Passos

• His genius was embarrassed by the cramp..of the French literary laws.

  出自： H. Matthews

• He has only narrowed..his life; and..cramped his intellect.

  出自： Aldous Huxley

• The shoes big enough so that the toes aren't cramped.

  出自： B. Spock

• A car..with a very cramped interior.

  出自：Country Life

词汇搭配

• cramp iron 铁搭
• clonic cramp 阵发性痉挛
• cramp ring 扣环
• heat cramp 热性痉挛,中暑性痉挛...
• cramp bark 荚蒾皮
• cramp bar 支承杆,(轧机牌坊的...
• muscular cramp 肌痛性痉挛,筋卷...
• cramp frame 弓形夹
• intermittent cramp [医] 间歇性痉挛...
• slate cramp 石板扒钉
• rope cramp 钢诵,钢丝绳夹...
• muscle cramp 肌痉挛
• cramp joint 钳接
• writer's cramp [医]指痉挛
• Menstrual cramps 经期痉挛
• cramp one's style 因受拘束而无法正常发...

近反义词

【近义词】

• restrict 限制
• limit 限度
• pain 痛苦
• twinge (生理
• hamper 妨碍
• spasm 抽筋
• confine 限制
• constrict 压缩
• constrain 强迫
• hold back 阻碍
• contraction 收缩
• shooting pain [医] 射痛, 闪痛...
• convulsion 抽搐
• box in 把 ... 装入盒内...
• box 盒子
• in 在 ... 里
• cramped 狭窄的
• cramp iron 铁搭
• muscle spasm 肌肉痉挛
• halter 缰绳
• strangle 勒死