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cramp

noun

🔊/kræmp/

🔊/kræmp/

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[uncountable, countable] a sudden pain that you get when the muscles in a particular part of your body contract, usually caused by cold or too much exercise痛性痉挛；抽筋
- (British English) to get cramp in your leg腿部抽筋
- (North American English) to get a cramp in your leg腿部抽筋
see also writer’s cramp
Extra Examples
- I was beginning to get cramp in my leg.我的腿开始抽筋。
- I was suddenly seized by an attack of cramp.我突然抽筋了。
- She had a sudden painful cramp in her left leg.她突然左腿抽筋，很痛苦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- agonizing
- bad
- painful
- …
… of cramp
- attack
verb + cramp
- get
- have
- suffer
- …
preposition
- cramp in
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cramps
[plural] severe pain in the stomach（腹部）绞痛Topics Illnessc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- agonizing
- bad
- painful
- …
… of cramp
- attack
verb + cramp
- get
- have
- suffer
- …
preposition
- cramp in
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch krampe; sense 1 of the noun is via Old French crampe.

cramp

verb

🔊/kræmp/

🔊/kræmp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cramp	🔊/kræmp/ 🔊/kræmp/
he / she / it cramps	🔊/kræmps/ 🔊/kræmps/
past simple cramped	🔊/kræmpt/ 🔊/kræmpt/
past participle cramped	🔊/kræmpt/ 🔊/kræmpt/
-ing form cramping	🔊/ˈkræmpɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkræmpɪŋ/

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cramp something to prevent the development or progress of somebody/something阻碍，阻止（发展或进步） synonym restrict
- Tighter trade restrictions might cramp economic growth.较严格的贸易限制会妨碍经济的增长。🔊🔊
Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch krampe; sense 1 of the noun is via Old French crampe.

Idioms

cramp somebody’s style

(informal) to stop somebody from behaving in the way they want to束缚…的手脚；使不能放开手脚（或施展才能）
- She didn’t want me to go with her to the party in case I cramped her style.她不想让我和她一起去参加聚会，以防我限制了她的风格。