单词 | cramming |
释义 | crammingn. The action of cram v. 1. Stuffing over-full, over-feeding, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > stuffing or cramming stuffing1533 stuffage1659 cramming1726 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sagginatione, a pampring, a cramming, or feeding fat. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 558 The best food..for the cramming of all sorts of poultrie. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 44 b The filling up or cramming of the middle of the Wall. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 318 People by frequent cramming stretch their stomach beyond its natural tone. 2. colloquial. The imparting or acquiring of the knowledge of a subject hastily and for an occasion. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > systematic or formal teaching > [noun] > cramming cramming1819 cram1828 priming1832 society > education > learning > study > [noun] > cramming cramming1819 cram1828 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 247 It will be better not for him to stand out for College next year, because it will require cramming. 1860 Sat. Rev. 9 308/1 Without a sort of preliminary cramming, no one could have depicted the peculiarities of an attorney's office. 1866 T. Carlyle On Choice of Bks. 53 There is also a process called cramming in some Universities..that is, getting up such points of things as the examiner is likely to put questions about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). crammingadj. That crams. ΚΠ 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xii. 211 A cramming tutor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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