cram

Word family

cram /kræm/ verb (crammed, cramming)

1 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FULL to force something into a small space 把…塞入〔小空间〕，硬塞

cram something into/onto etc something

Jill crammed her clothes into the bag.

吉尔把自己的衣服塞进袋子里。

A lot of information has been crammed into this book.

这本书包含大量的信息。

► see thesaurus at fill →5 see picture at 见图 fill1

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a lot of people cram into a place or vehicle, they go into it so it is then full 〔人〕挤进，挤满

cram in/into

We all crammed in and Pete started the car.

我们都挤进去后皮特发动了汽车。

Thirty-six thousand spectators crammed into the stadium to see the game.

36,000名观众涌进体育场观看这场比赛。

3 [transitiveT] especially American EnglishAmE if a lot of people cram a place, they fill it 〔人〕挤进，挤满

Thousands of people crammed the mall Sunday.

星期天成千上万的人挤进了这家大型购物中心。

4 [intransitiveI]STUDY to prepare yourself for an examination by learning a lot of information quickly 〔为考试而〕死记硬背，临时抱佛脚 SYN British English swot

She’s been cramming hard all week.

她整个星期都在拼命准备应付考试。

cram for

I have to cram for my chemistry test tomorrow.

我得为明天的化学测验临时抱佛脚。

► see thesaurus at study

5 cram something ↔ in (also cram something into something) phrasal verbphr v to do a lot of activities in a short period of time 〔在短时间内〕做很多事 SYN pack in

We crammed in as much sightseeing as possible during our stay in New York.

我们在纽约的时候尽量安排了很多游览活动。

Examples from the Corpus

cram in• Also on the train are schoolchildren, boys and some girls, heading home from after-hours cram schools.• If Virginia Street seemed to stretch the material to fill the space, this second play seems to cram it in.• Taylor held himself to an impossibly arduous schedule, apparently experimenting with it, the better to cram everything in.• The window was crammed with sweets in boxes and glass jars and she kept an amazing selection.• I went to her room, grabbed her clothes and crammed them in her suitcases.• Sons of louts grappled with the coffin in vain; they could neither cram it in nor twist it out.• The varieties being produced amount to a cram course in West Coast geography.• At least you won't have to cram a printer in your briefcase as well as lug a portable over your shoulder.

Examples from the Corpus

cram• Everyone's cramming for their final exams.• You'll really have to cram if you want to pass the test.• Other times they crammed into a vacant classroom.• Silver cups - golfing trophies - crammed the mantelpiece over a huge arched brick fireplace.• I've procrastinated all semester, so I have a lot of cramming to do.• His Paris-based years were crammed with travel, museum visits, contacts with major figures in the arts and formative aesthetic experiences.

cram in/into• The 1990s family has so much activity that has to be crammed into a day that something has to be given up.• Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.• There was just so much to be crammed into each short day.• With 64,000 people crammed into every square mile, the most utterly bizarre happenings raise barely a shrug of the shoulders.• Over 75,000 nostalgic exhibits dating from 1850 to 1950 crammed into many old-fashioned shop and room displays.• The 75,000 football fans crammed into the cupped hands of Sun Devil Stadium.• The company were crammed into the kitchen like a limpet in its shell.• Powell ignited the delegates crammed into the San Diego Convention Center with a fast-paced speech that was interrupted 42 times by applause.

Origin cram

Old English crammian

cram verb

Chinese

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