| 单词 | cram |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kræm] |
| 解释 | v.填塞，塞满；临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 填塞，塞满 (to fill beyond normal capacity) 【例】 Don't cram your bag too full of clothes. |
| 字源 | cram (v.) Old English crammian "press something into something else," from Proto-Germanic *kram-/*krem- (cognates: Old High German krimman "to press, pinch," Old Norse kremja "to squeeze, pinch"), from PIE root *ger- "to gather" (cognates: Sanskrit gramah "heap, troop," Old Church Slavonic gramota "heap," Latin gremium "bosom, lap"). Meaning "study intensely for an exam" originally was British student slang first recorded 1803. Related: Crammed; cramming. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 填塞, 塞满 = stuff; 临阵磨枪 【记】联想麦当劳里的圆筒, 塞满了奶油cream = cram |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】exam 备考填鸭式往脑子里塞；快RAM 快往计算机内存(大脑)塞；jam 拥挤； |
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