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have/get a crick in + body part
crick 作名词时常用 have/get 搭配，后接 in 和身体部位。
I got a crick in my neck from sleeping awkwardly.
我睡觉姿势不对，脖子落枕了。
肌肉抽筋；痉挛
cricks — plural of crick
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
肌肉抽筋；痉挛
a painful muscle spasm, especially in the neck or back
I got a crick in my neck from sleeping awkwardly.
我睡觉姿势不对，脖子落枕了。
身体某部位(如颈、背)疼痛僵硬,致使其暂时难以活动；痛性痉挛。
A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
门的吱嘎声,或类似的声音。
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
小型千斤顶；螺旋起重器。
A small jackscrew.
I got a crick in my neck after sleeping awkwardly on the plane.
我在飞机上睡姿不当，醒来脖子上肌肉抽筋了。
Could you massage the crick in my shoulder? It hurts when I turn my head.
你能帮我按摩一下肩膀的肌肉抽筋吗？我一转头就疼。
He tried to stretch to ease the crick in his lower back before the meeting.
会议前，他试着拉伸来缓解下背部的肌肉痉挛。
crick 作名词时常用 have/get 搭配，后接 in 和身体部位。
I got a crick in my neck from sleeping awkwardly.
我睡觉姿势不对，脖子落枕了。
crick 作动词是及物动词，直接接 neck、back 等身体部位作宾语。
He cricked his back lifting the heavy box.
他搬重箱子时扭了背。
Not this
I got crick in my neck after sleeping.
Use this
I got a crick in my neck after sleeping.
crick 作名词表示“肌肉抽筋”时可数，前面需要加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉，所以英文要加 a。
Not this
There is a crick on my back.
Use this
There is a crick in my back.
表示身体部位里的抽筋或痉挛时，crick 后要用 in 而不是 on，因为疼痛发生在肌肉内部；on 通常表示在表面。
Not this
I cricked in my neck while turning quickly.
Use this
I cricked my neck while turning quickly.
crick 作动词是及物动词，表示“扭伤（身体部位）”，后面必须直接跟宾语（如 my neck），不能像不及物动词那样用 in my neck 作状语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
脖子肌肉抽筋
I woke up with a crick in my neck.
我醒来时脖子抽筋了。
扭伤脖子；使脖子抽筋
She cricked her neck trying to look at the top shelf.
她抬头看最上面的架子时扭伤了脖子。
后背抽筋；背部肌肉痉挛
He got a crick in his back from sleeping on a hard mattress.
他睡在硬床垫上，后背抽筋了。
扭伤背部
He cricked his back while digging in the garden.
他在花园挖土时扭伤了背部。
脖子酸痛僵硬；落枕
I got a crick in my neck from staring at the computer screen all day.
我整天盯着电脑屏幕，脖子都僵硬了。
克里克说：“我们发现了生命的秘密。”
Francis Crick made this famous remark at The Eagle pub in Cambridge in 1953, after he and James Watson worked out the double-helix structure of DNA.
1953年，弗朗西斯·克里克和詹姆斯·沃森发现DNA双螺旋结构后，在剑桥的老鹰酒吧说了这句名言。
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把 crick 想成 creek（小溪）：脖子突然像溪流拐弯一样“扭”一下，就是抽筋。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语：向朋友描述脖子或背部突然抽筋、僵硬、运动后或睡醒后肌肉痉挛的随口表达 crick 表示肌肉痉挛或扭伤时，通常用于非正式口语，比较常见于“crick in one's neck/back”这类说法；在正式或医疗语境下，更常说 muscle spasm 或 strain。作为动词时也表示扭伤，用法较少见。英文释义中的生化科学家 Francis Crick 是专有名词，与这个普通词义没有关系。
名词指肌肉抽筋时，常用 a crick in + 身体部位；动词后接身体部位作宾语，如 crick one's neck.
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