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单词 brain cramp
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Definition of brain cramp in English:

brain cramp

noun
North American informal
  • A moment in which one fails to think clearly or act sensibly.

    he had a brain cramp early in the game and really botched the ball
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The story's entire foundation is based upon a plot hole so gargantuan that anyone not suffering a brain cramp will identify it at once.
    • In the end, though, Owens' heroics were greatly overshadowed by the Eagles' offensive brain cramp down the stretch, a common malady, it should be noted, that afflicted more than a few teams in this year's playoffs.
    • Ford is more introverted, a math and computer whiz (he scored 1,400 on his SAT test) whose occasional brain cramps have given his manager and teammates plenty of amusement and ammunition.
    • That brain cramp enabled Taveras, who had tripled, to score the Astros' fourth straight run in the sixth.
    • Swinging mightily but coming up nearly empty, Sierra topped a ball which sputtered down the third base line, when Rivera was hit with yet another brain cramp.
    • Aside from those genuine brain cramps, instances of overcoaching are usually far more subtle and difficult to pick up.
    • Between his opinion piece and his blatantly ignorant answer to the Campus Question, I hope for his sake that he was suffering from a brain cramp last week and we can expect better things from him in the future.
    • If you shut down or have a brain cramp, the night is over.
    • Maybe Meier was suffering from a brain cramp that day.
    • The G.M.s polled for baseball's top 50 must be guys who are about to lose their jobs, or they must have all suffered a brain cramp at the same time.
    • Although The Recruit isn't Len Deighton or Robert Ludlum, it is enjoyable until the screenwriters develop a collective brain cramp.
    • Every 12-15 games he's shows signs of brilliance for about a five-minute stretch, but then reverts back to his familiar brain cramp I-don't-have-a-clue-where-I'm-supposed-to-be style of play.
    • The movie turns into a mindless gorefest, the genius character suddenly suffers a cataclysmic brain cramp, and the action begins to resemble Alien light (complete with motion detectors and a scary predator).
    • On Sundays, Wannstedt has had too many brain cramps, too many instances of not firing up his team, too many instances of just not providing the leadership his team desperately needed.
    • With two out in the bottom of the 12th, Chavez caught righthander Derek Lowe in a brain cramp and stole third without drawing a throw.

Definition of brain cramp in US English:

brain cramp

noun
North American informal
  • A moment in which one fails to think clearly or act sensibly.

    they could easily be 4-1 if it weren't for a few brain cramps late in games
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That brain cramp enabled Taveras, who had tripled, to score the Astros' fourth straight run in the sixth.
    • Although The Recruit isn't Len Deighton or Robert Ludlum, it is enjoyable until the screenwriters develop a collective brain cramp.
    • The G.M.s polled for baseball's top 50 must be guys who are about to lose their jobs, or they must have all suffered a brain cramp at the same time.
    • In the end, though, Owens' heroics were greatly overshadowed by the Eagles' offensive brain cramp down the stretch, a common malady, it should be noted, that afflicted more than a few teams in this year's playoffs.
    • Maybe Meier was suffering from a brain cramp that day.
    • Between his opinion piece and his blatantly ignorant answer to the Campus Question, I hope for his sake that he was suffering from a brain cramp last week and we can expect better things from him in the future.
    • The movie turns into a mindless gorefest, the genius character suddenly suffers a cataclysmic brain cramp, and the action begins to resemble Alien light (complete with motion detectors and a scary predator).
    • If you shut down or have a brain cramp, the night is over.
    • Swinging mightily but coming up nearly empty, Sierra topped a ball which sputtered down the third base line, when Rivera was hit with yet another brain cramp.
    • On Sundays, Wannstedt has had too many brain cramps, too many instances of not firing up his team, too many instances of just not providing the leadership his team desperately needed.
    • Aside from those genuine brain cramps, instances of overcoaching are usually far more subtle and difficult to pick up.
    • Every 12-15 games he's shows signs of brilliance for about a five-minute stretch, but then reverts back to his familiar brain cramp I-don't-have-a-clue-where-I'm-supposed-to-be style of play.
    • The story's entire foundation is based upon a plot hole so gargantuan that anyone not suffering a brain cramp will identify it at once.
    • Ford is more introverted, a math and computer whiz (he scored 1,400 on his SAT test) whose occasional brain cramps have given his manager and teammates plenty of amusement and ammunition.
    • With two out in the bottom of the 12th, Chavez caught righthander Derek Lowe in a brain cramp and stole third without drawing a throw.
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