cramp

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction. countable,uncountable
    — He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.
  2. That which confines or contracts. countable,uncountable
    — A narrow Fortune is undoubtedly a Cramp to a great Mind.
  3. A clamp for carpentry or masonry. countable,uncountable
  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. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. intransitive
  2. To affect with cramps or spasms. transitive
    — The collar of the tunic scratched my neck, the steel helmet made my head ache, and the puttees cramped my leg muscles.
  3. To prohibit movement or expression of. figuratively,transitive
    — You're cramping my style.
  4. To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp. transitive
    — You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
  5. To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
  6. To bind together; to unite. broadly
    — The […] fabric of universal justice is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts.
  7. To form on a cramp.
    — to cramp boot legs
形容词 adj.
  1. cramped; narrow archaic
    — […] the result was those folio volumes of MSS. now in the British Museum, in which inquirers into the history of that period find so much interesting material in such a confused state and in such a dreadfully cramp handwriting.

词形变化

cramps plural cramps present,singular,third-person cramping participle,present cramped participle,past cramped past more cramp comparative most cramp superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
bather's cramp brain cramp cramp ball crampbark cramp bone crampet cramp fasciculation syndrome crampfish cramp iron crampish cramp ring crampy menstrual cramp musician's cramp uncramp wanker's cramp writer's cramp crampingly cramp someone's style cramp up

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
词源 3
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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