cramped

英 [kræmpt]

美 [kræmpt]

adj.  狭窄的; 狭小的; 拥挤的; 缺少自由活动空间的; 密小难认的; 密密麻麻的
v.  阻碍，阻止(发展或进步)
cramp的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：cramped　

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.11673 / COCA.9151

牛津词典

adj.

• 狭窄的；狭小的
  a cramped room, etc. does not have enough space for the people in it
  1. working in cramped conditions
     在拥挤的环境里工作
• 拥挤的；缺少自由活动空间的
  not having room to move freely
• 密小难认的；密密麻麻的
  with small letters close together and therefore difficult to read

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 狭窄的;狭小的
  Acrampedroom or building is not big enough for the people or things in it.
  1. There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions on the floor of the airport lounge...
     数百个家庭住在机场候机室拥挤的地板上。
  2. In later years he lived in a rather cramped little flat in Bristol.
     他晚年住在布里斯托尔一间相当狭小的公寓内。

英英释义

adj

• constricted in size
  1. cramped quarters
  2. trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments

双语例句

• There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions on the floor of the airport lounge
  数百个家庭住在机场候机室拥挤的地板上。
• Byron was back aboard the cramped devilfish.
  拜伦又回到了狭窄的“乌贼号”上。
• At least you won't be stuck in this cramped office all day.
  至少，你不需要一整天都呆在这狭窄的办公室里。
• A tiny cramped house without even a back yard.
  一所连后院都没有的狭窄小屋。
• His left hand was cramped.
  他的左手抽筋了。
• In later years he lived in a rather cramped little flat in Bristol.
  他晚年住在布里斯托尔一间相当狭小的公寓内。
• We're beginning to feel cramped in our present house.
  我们开始觉得我们现在的房子太窄了。
• I have to share my office with three other people so we are very cramped for room.
  我必须和另外三个人公用我的办公室，所以我们的空间很狭窄。
• I know there's no meteor and that you just want to build another room for your cramped house.
  你就是想再建一个大房间以取代你那狭窄的旧屋子。
• In the Middle Ages, science was cramped by ignorance and superstition.
  中世纪时，科学的发展受到无知和迷信的束缚。