cramp
英 [kræmp]
美 [kræmp]
- n. 痙攣，絞痛；[五金] 鐵夾鉗
- vt. 束縛，限製；使…抽筋；以鐵箍扣緊
- adj. 狹窄的；難解的；受限製的
- n. (Cramp)人名；(英)克蘭普
助記提示
1. 對比：clam => clamp; cram => cramp, crimp, crampon.
2. cram, which denoted 'compression' or 'bending'.
3. grape, grapnel => cramp (nasalized version).
4. 區別：cramp, clamp: cramp中間是字母r, 是“肉”的拚音首字母，因此它表示肌肉的夾緊、緊縮而導致的痙攣、抽筋。
中文詞源
cramp 抽筋來自PIE*ger, 轉，彎，圍，詞源同crank, crook. 比喻義肌肉打彎的，抽筋的。
英文詞源
- cramp (n.1)
- "muscle contraction," late 14c., from Old French crampe, from a Frankish or other Germanic word (compare Old High German krapmhe "cramp, spasm," related to kramph "bent, crooked"), from a Proto-Germanic root forming many words for "bent, crooked," including, via French, crampon. Writer's cramp is first attested 1842 as the name of a physical affliction of the hand, in reference to translations of German medical papers (Stromeyer); also known as scrivener's palsy.
- cramp (n.2)
- "metal bar bent at both ends," early 15c., from Middle Dutch crampe or Middle Low German krampe, both from the same Proto-Germanic root that yielded cramp (n.1). Metaphoric sense of "something that confines or hinders" first recorded 1719.
- cramp (v.1)
- "to contract" (of muscles), early 15c., from cramp (n.1). Related: Cramped; cramping.
- cramp (v.2)
- "to bend or twist," early 14c., from cramp (n.2) and Old French crampir. Later "compress forcibly" (1550s), and, figuratively, "to restrict" (1620s). Related: Cramped; cramping.
雙語例句
- 1. Hillsden was complain-ing of cramp in his calf muscles.
- 希爾斯登說他小腿抽筋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. to get cramp in your leg
- 腿部抽筋
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp.
- 他的腿部因抽筋而失去知覺.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The swimmer suddenly got cramp.
- 這個遊泳的人突然抽筋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Winston stopped writing, partly because he was suffering from cramp.
- 溫斯頓駐了筆,手指也寫麻了.
來自英漢文學