"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.
实用例句
1. Hillsden was complain-ing of cramp in his calf muscles.
希尔斯登说他小腿抽筋。
来自柯林斯例句
2. to get cramp in your leg
腿部抽筋
来自《权威词典》
3. He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp.
他的腿部因抽筋而失去知觉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The swimmer suddenly got cramp.
这个游泳的人突然抽筋.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Winston stopped writing, partly because he was suffering from cramp.
