(informal)prevent a person from acting freely or naturally(非正式)使人不能自由行事
cramp (one's) style
To restrict or prevent from free action or expression.限制或防止…自由行動或表述
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
N-UNCOUNT
痛性痙攣;抽筋
Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
例句
Hillsden was complaining of cramp in his calf muscles...希爾斯登說他小腿抽筋。...muscle cramp...肌肉痙攣
PHRASE
束縛…的手腳;使不能放開手腳
If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behaviour in some way.
例句
Like more and more women, she believes marriage would cramp her style.像越來越多的女性一樣，她認為婚姻會對她形成束縛。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
痛性痙攣；抽筋
The swimmer suddenly got cramp.這個游泳的人突然抽筋。
vt.
阻礙，阻止（發(fā)展或進步）
Lack of money cramped our efforts.資金緊缺限制了我們的努力。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
2. a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
3. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
Verb
1. secure with a cramp;
"cramp the wood"
2. prevent the progress or free movement of;
"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather""the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"