(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…自由行动或表述
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-UNCOUNT
痛性痉挛;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...希尔斯登说他小腿抽筋。...muscle cramp...肌肉痉挛
PHRASE
束缚…的手脚;使不能放开手脚
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.像越来越多的女性一样，她认为婚姻会对她形成束缚。
英汉词典释义
n.
痛性痉挛；抽筋
The swimmer suddenly got cramp.这个游泳的人突然抽筋。
vt.
阻碍，阻止（发展或进步）
Lack of money cramped our efforts.资金紧缺限制了我们的努力。
英英词典释义
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"