词汇 | spastic |
释义 | spastic adjective uk /ˈspæs.tɪk/ us /ˈspæs.tɪk/ spasticadjective (muscle)medical specialized If a muscle or muscle movement is spastic, it is very tight, or becomes tight in a way that cannot be controlled: The patient's muscles become spastic, and the spasms may be severe. In patients with asthma, spastic contraction of the smooth muscle in the bronchioles causes extreme difficulties when breathing. medical specialized If a medical condition is described as spastic, people with this condition have muscles that become tight in a way that cannot be controlled: He was born with a condition known as spastic paraplegia. spasticadjective (person)offensiveinformal an extremely offensive word to describe someone who behaves or moves in a strange or uncontrolled way offensiveold-fashioned a word, which was used by doctors in the past but which is now extremely offensive, used to describe a person who has cerebral palsy (= a condition of the body that makes it difficult to control the muscles), or to describe things related to or typical of the condition患痉挛性麻痹症的 spastic noun[ C ] uk /ˈspæs.tɪk/ us /ˈspæs.tɪk/ offensiveold-fashioned a word for a person who has cerebral palsy(= a condition of the body that makes it difficult to control the muscles), which was used by doctors in the past but is now extremely offensive offensiveinformal an extremely offensive word for a stupid person, or a person who behaves or moves in a strange or uncontrolled way |
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