释义 |
sprainsprain /spreɪn/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsprain |
Present | I, you, we, they | sprain | | he, she, it | sprains | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sprained | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sprained | | he, she, it | has sprained | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sprained | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sprain | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sprained |
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Present | I | am spraining | | he, she, it | is spraining | | you, we, they | are spraining | Past | I, he, she, it | was spraining | | you, we, they | were spraining | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spraining | | he, she, it | has been spraining | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spraining | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spraining | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spraining |
THESAURUSinjure somebody► hurt to damage your body or someone else’s body: Was anyone hurt in the accident? Be careful, you could hurt someone with that knife. ► harm harm means the same as hurt but sounds more formal: No animals were harmed in the making of this film. ► injure to hurt severely, especially in an accident: Three people were seriously injured in the crash. ► wound to hurt someone using a weapon such as a gun or knife: The gunman killed two people and wounded six others. ► maim formal to injure someone very seriously and often permanently: People are killed or maimed every day in the war. ► bruise to hit part of your body against something hard so that you get a dark spot on your skin: How did you bruise your hand like that? ► sprain/twist to damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it: I sprained my ankle, so I don’t want to put any weight on it. ► strain/pull to injure one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: He pulled his calf muscle while he was running. ► break to damage a bone in your body: Dora broke her leg skiing. ► dislocate to move a bone out of its normal position in a joint: The force of the fall dislocated his shoulder. a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack► injury a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack: Smith has missed several games because of injury. She was treated in the hospital for minor injuries (=ones that are not serious). ► wound an injury, especially a deep cut made in your skin by a knife or bullet: He needed emergency treatment for a gunshot wound. ► cut a small wound you get if a sharp object cuts your skin: She has a cut on her finger from when she was chopping carrots. ► scratch a small cut on someone’s skin that is not deep: His legs were covered in scratches and bruises. ► scrape/abrasion a lot of small cuts on one area of someone’s skin, caused for example by falling down. Abrasion is mostly used in medical language: The girl had scrapes on both knees. ► laceration formal a bad cut or tear on the skin. Used especially in medical language: She suffered facial lacerations in the attack. ► bruise/contusion a black or blue mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit. Contusion is mostly used in medical language: There was a dark bruise on her cheek. ► sore/lesion a wound or cut on your skin that is painful and infected. Lesion is mostly used in medical language: The sore on his hand was slow to heal. ► sprain an injury to a joint in your body, caused by suddenly twisting it: He hurt himself during the game, but it’s just a slight sprain. ► bump/swelling an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it on something. Swelling is more formal than bump: She has a bump on her forehead from when she banged it on the cupboard door. ► fracture a crack or broken part in a bone: X-rays showed a small fracture. ► break a place where a bone has broken: The doctor used a model of the arm bone to show me where the break is. medicine to damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it: Amy fell and sprained her ankle.► see thesaurus at hurt1—sprain noun [countable]► see thesaurus at injury |