cram

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). countable,uncountable
    — But Billy Bunter was only the first in the field. As the news spread, there was a crowd, not to call it a cram, in No. 7 Study: […]
  2. Information hastily memorized. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — a cram from an examination
  3. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. countable,uncountable
  4. A lie; a falsehood. British,countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — It is awful, an old un like that telling such crams as she do.
  5. A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue. uncountable
  6. A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information. countable,uncountable
    — Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.
动词 v.
  1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. transitive
    — to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people
  2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. transitive
    — The boy crammed himself with cake
  3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. transitive
    — A pupil is crammed by his tutor.
  4. To study hard; to swot. intransitive
  5. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself. intransitive
  6. To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth. British,dated,intransitive,slang
  7. To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales. British,dated,slang,transitive

词形变化

crams present,singular,third-person cramming participle,present crammed participle,past crammed past crams plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cramdown cram-full cram it crammable crammer cram-packed cram school cram session cram together overcram uncram uncrammed
相关词
cram-cram

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”).
词源 2
From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”).
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