英语词汇“cramp”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

crampcramp1 /kræmp/ noun medicine

ETYMOLOGYcramp¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French crampe

COLLOCATIONS► have/get a cramp

Johnson got a cramp in his calf.

1[countable] a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body: muscle crampshave/get a cramp Johnson got a cramp in his calf. → see also writer's cramp2cramps [plural] severe pains in the stomach, especially the ones that women get during menstruation [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French crampe]

noun | verb

crampcramp2 verb

ETYMOLOGYcramp²

Origin: 1500-1600 Partly from ➔ CRAMP¹; partly from cramp tool for holding things together (14-21 centuries), from Low German krampe hook

VERB TABLE

cramp

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cramp
	he, she, it	cramps
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cramped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cramped
	he, she, it	has cramped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cramped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cramp
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cramped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cramping
	he, she, it	is cramping
	you, we, they	are cramping
Past	I, he, she, it	was cramping
	you, we, they	were cramping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cramping
	he, she, it	has been cramping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cramping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cramping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cramping

1[intransitive, transitive] (also cramp up) to get a cramp in a muscle: His muscles cramped so severely he had to stop playing.2[transitive] to prevent the development of someone or something SYN hinder, restrict: Federal guidelines are cramping the state’s ability to adjust its own budget.3cramp somebody’s style to prevent someone from behaving in the way he or she wants to: I don’t want to take my sister along; she cramps my style.—cramping noun [uncountable]