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

• Currently he shares a cramped company dormitory with his girlfriend and a colleague from work.
  目前，他及他的女友和一位同事共享公司的一间狭窄的宿舍。
• He got up at last, cramped and rather chilly.
  最后他站起来，手脚麻木，觉得很冷。
• She's cramped in the tiny cubicle.
  她被关在这个小卧室中。
• This place is rather cramped.
  这地方太局促了。
• 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。
• 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。
• For housing, I have moved from a cramped and gloomy room to a big and bright flat.
  住的，我从以前的蜗居搬到一个相当大的房子。
• Byron was back aboard the cramped devilfish.
  拜伦又回到了狭窄的“乌贼号”上。
• 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。
• 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。