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cramp + noun phrase
cramp作为及物动词时，直接接抽筋的部位。
The cold water cramped his legs.
冷水使他的腿抽筋。
（使）痉挛；（使）抽筋
cramping — present participle of cramp
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
（使）痉挛；（使）抽筋
(of a muscle) to contract painfully and uncontrollably; to give (someone or a muscle) cramps or spasms.
The cold water cramped his legs.
冷水使他的腿抽筋。
不及物指肌肉痉挛；及物指使……痉挛。
(指肌肉)疼痛且无法控制地收缩。
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
使痉挛或抽搐。
To affect with cramps or spasms.
禁止......的活动或表达。
To prohibit movement or expression of.
像被抽筋束缚一样限制在特定身体位置。
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
cramp
Base
原形
cramps
3rd person
第三人称单数
cramping
-ing
现在分词
cramped
Past
过去式
cramped
Past participle
过去分词
The tight shoe cramps my toes.
这双鞋太紧，挤得我的脚趾痛。
She cramped her leg while swimming yesterday.
她昨天游泳时腿抽筋了。
His style is cramping the team's creativity.
他的风格正限制着团队的创造力。
规则动词
After running for an hour, my leg muscles began to cramp.
跑了一个小时后，我的腿部肌肉开始抽筋。
The cold water caused his hands to cramp up while swimming.
冷水导致他游泳时手抽筋了。
She cramped her foot by pointing her toes for too long during ballet practice.
她在芭蕾舞练习中脚尖绷得太久，导致脚抽筋了。
cramp作为及物动词时，直接接抽筋的部位。
The cold water cramped his legs.
冷水使他的腿抽筋。
cramp up是常见的口语用法，表示肌肉痉挛。
His muscles cramped up after the long run.
长跑后他的肌肉抽筋了。
这是一个习语，意为‘限制某人的自由’，常用于非正式场合。
Having her parents around cramped her style.
父母在身边限制了她的自由。
Not this
My leg is cramp.
Use this
My leg is cramping.
'cramp'作为名词意为'痉挛'，但这里需要动词形式来表示'正在抽筋'。动词'cramp'的现在分词是'cramping'，表示动作持续。
Not this
I need to cramp for the exam.
Use this
I need to cram for the exam.
'cramp'意为'使抽筋'或'束缚'，而'cram'意为'临时抱佛脚'，拼写相似但意思不同。考生常混淆这两个词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
束缚某人的手脚；妨碍某人按自己的方式做事
Don't let your parents' expectations cramp your style.
别让父母的期望束缚你的手脚。
抽筋；痉挛
His arm cramped up while he was swimming.
他游泳时手臂抽筋了。
限制创造力；扼杀创造力
A strict set of rules can cramp creativity in the classroom.
过于严格的规则会限制课堂上的创造力。
束缚某人的手脚，使某人不能施展才能
I hope my parents don't come along; they'd really cramp my style.
我希望我父母别跟来，他们会让我很放不开。
Use cramping naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象抽筋(cramp)时肌肉像被钳子夹住，又痛又紧——cramp 也有“夹住、束缚”的意思。
语域：mixed 常见场景：运动健身、健康医疗、日常口语（如 cramp someone's style） cramp 作动词时，多用于表示肌肉抽筋/痉挛，常见于运动或医疗场景；表示“限制、妨碍”时，口语中常用 cramp someone's style。整体正式程度随搭配变化：字面义较中性，习语义偏口语。
以上单词都与 cramp /kræmp/ 押韵：重读元音都是 /æ/，后面都是 /mp/，拼写也都有 -amp。注意：cramp 的拼写与 crumb /krʌm/、crump /krʌmp/ 相似，但它们的元音不同，并不押韵；cramp 比 camp 多一个 /r/ 音，不要漏读。
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