Cramp



GRE

解释

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• n. 铁箍, 夹子

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English crampe, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe; akin to Old High German krampf bent
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a painful involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
• 2. a temporary paralysis of muscles from overuse — compare writer's cramp
• 3.
  • a. sharp abdominal pain — usually used in plural
  • b. persistent and often intense though dull lower abdominal pain associated with dysmenorrhea — usually used in plural
• ? crampy adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English crampe, from Middle Dutch
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a usually iron device bent at the ends and used to hold timbers or blocks of stone together
  • b. clamp
• 2.
  • a. something that confines ; shackle
  • b. the state of being confined

III. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to affect with or as if with a cramp or cramps
  • 2.
    • a. confine, restrain <was cramped in the tiny apartment
    • b. to restrain from free expression — used especially in the phrase cramp one's style
  • 3. to fasten or hold with a cramp
• intransitive verb
  • to be affected with cramps

IV. adjective

• Date: 1674
• 1. hard to understand or figure out <cramp law terms<cramp handwriting
• 2. being cramped cramp corner

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