crick /ˈkrɪk/
 肌肉抽筋,急性硬直(vt.)引起痙攣


 crick /ˈkrɪk/ 名詞
 (頸或背)痛性痙攣,痛攣


 Crick n.  The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]


 Crick, n.
 1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.
    To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward.   --Holland.
 2.  A small jackscrew.

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 crick
      n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
           (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: rick, wrick]
      2: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover
         the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916) [syn: {Francis
         Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick]
      v : twist the head into a strained position