sprain

[US]/spreɪn/
[UK]/spreɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 扭伤
n. 扭伤
Word Forms
第三人称单数sprains
过去分词sprained
复数sprains
过去式sprained
现在分词spraining

Example Sentences

he left in a wheelchair after spraining an ankle.

把脚踝扭伤以后他坐着轮椅离开了。

He got a foot sprain in his ankle.

他脚踝受了严重的扭伤。

A sprained ankle slowed my pace.

扭伤了的脚踝骨使我的步伐减慢。

She sprained her ankle playing squash.

她在打软式墙网球时扭伤了脚踝。

slipped on a patch of ice and sprained his ankle.

他在一块冰上滑了一跤,扭伤了脚踝。

He sprained his ankle when he fell.

他跌倒时扭伤了踝骨。

The injury isn’t serious—it’s nothing more than a sprained ankle.

伤得不厉害,只不过崴了脚。

When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors.

玛丽扭伤了足踝,约翰驮她去看医生。

Real-world Examples

I don't think it's broken, but it might be a sprain.

我相信手腕没有折,但可能扭伤了。

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Reuben sprained his hamstring today while playing Quidditch.

罗本今天玩魁地奇的时候小腿扯着了。

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

A sprain is when you have an injury to your ligaments.

扭伤是指韧带受伤。

Source: Connection Magazine

Candy sprained her ankle playing badminton.

康蒂打羽毛球时扭伤了脚踝。

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

So that's the difference between a sprain and a strain.

这就是扭伤和拉伤的区别。

Source: Connection Magazine

But the man, making more haste than good speed, sprained his ankle in jumping over a fence.

但男人,比速度更快,扭伤了脚踝,跳过篱笆。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

I sprained my ankle by stopping too quick-no, not too quick, either, for there was something in my way.

我太快停下来,所以摔坏了膝盖。不,也不是因为停得太快,是因为有东西挡了我的路。

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

" To sprain" (sprain) means to injure, to hurt.

“to sprain”(扭伤)的意思是伤害、伤害。

Source: 2013 ESLPod

A branch of a river used to even be called a sprain.

一条河流的分支过去甚至被称为扭伤。

Source: Pop culture

No, but it's a pretty bad sprain.

不 可扭伤很严重。

Source: Night shift doctor

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