• n. 痙攣，絞痛；[五金] 鐵夾鉗
• vt. 束縛，限制；使…抽筋；以鐵箍扣緊
• adj. 狹窄的；難解的；受限制的
• n. (Cramp)人名；(英)克蘭普

來自PIE*ger, 轉，彎，圍，詞源同crank, crook. 比喻義肌肉打彎的，抽筋的。

cramp (n.1)

"muscle contraction," late 14c., from Old French crampe, from a Frankish or other Germanic word (compare Old High German krapmhe "cramp, spasm," related to kramph "bent, crooked"), from a Proto-Germanic root forming many words for "bent, crooked," including, via French, crampon. Writer's cramp is first attested 1842 as the name of a physical affliction of the hand, in reference to translations of German medical papers (Stromeyer); also known as scrivener's palsy.

cramp (n.2)

"metal bar bent at both ends," early 15c., from Middle Dutch crampe or Middle Low German krampe, both from the same Proto-Germanic root that yielded cramp (n.1). Metaphoric sense of "something that confines or hinders" first recorded 1719.

cramp (v.1)

"to contract" (of muscles), early 15c., from cramp (n.1). Related: Cramped; cramping.

cramp (v.2)

"to bend or twist," early 14c., from cramp (n.2) and Old French crampir. Later "compress forcibly" (1550s), and, figuratively, "to restrict" (1620s). Related: Cramped; cramping.

1. Hillsden was complain-ing of cramp in his calf muscles.

希爾斯登說他小腿抽筋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. to get cramp in your leg

腿部抽筋

來自《權威詞典》

3. He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp.

他的腿部因抽筋而失去知覺.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The swimmer suddenly got cramp.

這個游泳的人突然抽筋.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Winston stopped writing, partly because he was suffering from cramp.

溫斯頓駐了筆,手指也寫麻了.

來自英漢文學