cramp
US: /ˈkɹæmp/
UK: /kɹˈæmp/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cramp /kræmp/- danh từ
- (y học) chứng ruột rút
- to be taken with a cramp: bị chuột rút
- (nghĩa bóng) sự bó buộc, sự câu thúc, sự tù túng, sự gò bó
- (kỹ thuật) thanh kẹp, má kẹp ((cũng) cramp-iron)
- bàn kẹp mộng (của thợ mộc)
- (y học) chứng ruột rút
- tính từ
- bị chuột rút
- khó đọc (chữ)
- cramp handwriting
- chữ viết khó đọc
- bị ép chặt, bị bó chặt, chật hẹp, tù túng, không tự do, không được thoải mái
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho co gân, làm cho bị chuột rút
- (nghĩa bóng) cản trở; câu thúc, làm khó (cử động)
- all these worries cramped his progress: tất cả các sự lo lắng ấy đã làm cản trở anh ta tiến bộ
- kẹp bằng thanh kẹp, kẹp bằng bàn kẹp
- to cramp up
- ép chặt, bóp chặt, bó chặt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U, C] (AmE also charley horse [C]) a sudden pain that you get when the muscles in a particular part of your body tighten, usually caused by cold or too much exercise: (BrE) to get cramp in your leg + (AmE) to get a cramp in your leg
See also -
2 (cramps) [pl.] severe pain in the stomach
+ verb [VN] to prevent the development or progress of sb/sth: Tighter trade restrictions might cramp economic growth.
Idioms: cramp sb's style (informal) to stop sb from behaving in the way they want to: She didn't want me to go with her to the party in case I cramped her style.
Collocation
ADJ.
agonizing, painful | sudden
She had a sudden painful cramp in her left leg.
| abdominal, stomach
QUANT.
attack
I was suddenly seized by an attack of cramp.
VERB + CRAMP
have
Concise dictionary
cramps|cramped|crampingkræmpnoun
+a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
+a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
+a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
verb
+secure with a cramp
+prevent the progress or free movement of
