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

• Waiting for you to show up, I'm all cramped.
  就等着你出现，整个人都僵掉了！
• We have six desks in this room so we're rather cramped.
  我们这间房子里放了六张桌子，因此很狭窄。
• 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。
• Sitting in a cramped space for hours on end can be uncomfortable.
  坐在拥挤的空间中个把小时绝对不会舒服。
• A tiny cramped house without even a back yard.
  一所连后院都没有的狭窄小屋。
• If you have several pigs housed together in cramped quarters, you will need to clean more often.
  如果你在有限的空间有几头猪生活，你将需要清洗更频繁。
• He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates
  他和其他10名犯人被囚禁在一间狭窄的牢房里。
• 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。
• A structure resembling a shoebox ( as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment).
  一种外观上类似于鞋盒的建筑（如一座长方形的建筑或是一间狭促的屋子或隔间）。
• This place is rather cramped.
  这地方太局促了。