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sprain

/spreɪn

verb [with object]

Wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently so as to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation: he left in a wheelchair after spraining an ankle...

In January she ‘fell’ down two flights of stairs, spraining her wrist and twisting an ankle.
A mother-of-three has been awarded £1,000 in damages after spraining her wrist while lifting a bread tray at a York supermarket's in-store bakery.
Would you put your mother in a home for the elderly after spraining her ankle?

Synonyms

wrench, twist, turn, strain, crick;

pull, stretch, tear;

injure, hurt, damage

British informal rick

noun

The result of spraining a joint: a compress for treating sprains and bruises...

Fishburne, too, suffered his fair share of sprains and bruises, although he said that ‘it comes with the territory’ when dealing with the action genre.
Has she said what gave her the bruises or sprains?
Acute injuries, such as a sudden sprain or muscle pull, seem to happen out of the blue.

Synonyms

wrench, strain, rick, crick;

pull, tear, injury

Origin

Early 17th century: of unknown origin.

单词	sprain
释义	sprain /spreɪn / verb [with object] Wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently so as to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation: he left in a wheelchair after spraining an ankle... In January she ‘fell’ down two flights of stairs, spraining her wrist and twisting an ankle. A mother-of-three has been awarded £1,000 in damages after spraining her wrist while lifting a bread tray at a York supermarket's in-store bakery. Would you put your mother in a home for the elderly after spraining her ankle? Synonyms wrench, twist, turn, strain, crick; pull, stretch, tear; injure, hurt, damage British informal rick noun The result of spraining a joint: a compress for treating sprains and bruises... Fishburne, too, suffered his fair share of sprains and bruises, although he said that ‘it comes with the territory’ when dealing with the action genre. Has she said what gave her the bruises or sprains? Acute injuries, such as a sudden sprain or muscle pull, seem to happen out of the blue. Synonyms wrench, strain, rick, crick; pull, tear, injury Origin Early 17th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne
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