Word · Frequency #25119
cricks
肌肉抽筋；痉挛
cricks is the plural of crick.
a painful muscle spasm, especially in the neck or back
- 1.
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.
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。
- 2.
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
门的吱嘎声,或类似的声音。
- 3.
A small jackscrew.
小型千斤顶；螺旋起重器。
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。；门的吱嘎声,或类似的声音。；小型千斤顶；螺旋起重器。；肌肉抽筋；急性硬直
In use
I got a crick in my neck after sleeping awkwardly on the plane.
Could you massage the crick in my shoulder? It hurts when I turn my head.
He tried to stretch to ease the crick in his lower back before the meeting.
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。
crick + body part
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。
Common mistakes
I got crick in my neck after sleeping.
Connections
Collocations
- a crick in the neck
- 脖子肌肉抽筋
- I woke up with a crick in my neck.我醒来时脖子抽筋了。
- crick one's neck
- 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。
- a crick in the back
- 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。
- crick one's back
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a crick in one's neck
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 crick 押韵，重读元音和后续辅音均为 /ɪk/，拼写都以 -ick 结尾：brick, chick, kick, pick, sick, trick。注意 creek /kriːk/ 和 crack /kræk/ 拼写相近但读音不同，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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