Cramped Kræmpt People Conditions Space Small 狭窄的;狭小的 Room
Cramped is an adjective describing a room or building that lacks sufficient space for its occupants or contents. It can also describe people unable to move freely due to space constraints or handwriting with small, closely spaced letters that are difficult to read.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]狭窄的;狭小的 A cramped room or building is not big enough for the people or things in it.
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。
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。
Oxford
cramped/kræmpt; NAmEkræmpt/adjective1a crampedroom, etc. does not have enough space for the people in it 狭窄的;狭小的◆working in cramped conditions在拥挤的环境里工作2(of people 人)not having room to move freely 拥挤的;缺少自由活动空间的3(of sb's writing 字迹)with small letters close together and therefore difficult to read 密小难认的;密密麻麻的cramped/kræmpt; NAmEkræmpt/
LDC
crampedcramped /kræmpt/ ●○○ adjective
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1a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it → crowded: The kitchen was small and cramped. a cramped apartment The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.► see thesaurus at
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2 (also cramped up) unable to move properly and feeling uncomfortable because there is not enough space: cramped muscles3writing that is cramped is very small and difficult to read
WDF
cramped
[kræmpt]
原型:cramped 是 cramp 的过去式和过去分词
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狭窄的(56%),难认的(33%),束缚的(11%)
v.用夹钳夹;约束(cramp的过去分词)
adj.狭窄的;难懂的;难辨的
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