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。
• 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。
• The writing on the back of the card was cramped but scrupulously neat
  这张卡片的背面写满了密密麻麻但却十分工整的字。
• 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。
• My place is rather cramped.
  舍间逼仄。
• 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。
• 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。
• All these things cramped his progress.
  这一切妨碍了他的进步。
• Cramped in the noisy city, we have long lost the freedom and pastoral charm of the fields.
  我们早已失去了诗意田园和自由的空气，我们不得不萎缩在都市嘈杂而拥挤的屋檐下。
• 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。