crank

crank音标

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crank基本释义

n.曲柄；有怪癖的人；脾气坏的人；妙语；古怪行为

v.用曲柄启动或转动；快速制作

adj.奇异的；古怪的；摇晃的；松动的

crank用法及例句

n.(名词)

[C]思想奇怪的人 a person with strange or odd ideas

noun

1. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

Synonym: starter

2. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochlorideused as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

Synonym: methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkchicken feedglassiceshabutrash

3. a whimsically eccentric person

Synonym: crackpotnutnut casefruitcakescrewball

4. a bad-tempered person

Synonym: grouchgrumpchurlcrosspatch

verb

1. bend into the shape of a crank

2. fasten with a crank

3. rotate with a crank

Synonym: crank up

4. start by cranking

e.g. crank up the engine

Synonym: crank up

5. travel along a zigzag path

e.g. The river zigzags through the countryside

Synonym: zigzag

adj

1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

Synonym: crankytendertippy

1. 想法(或行为)古怪的人If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.

e.g. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。e.g. He looked like a crank.他看上去像个怪人。

2. 曲柄;曲轴A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move.

3. (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.

e.g. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

相关词组：crank outcrank up

1. 曲柄：因为很早以前的车子或飞机它们的引擎是没有起动装置的,所以要发动引擎都要先用一个马达连接一个曲柄 (crank) 去发动引擎, 所以久而久之, 发动车子就变成了crank up.我觉得美国的男生都蛮有风度的,他们会帮女士开门 (这点在美国尤其重要,

2. 曲柄轴：两面的边缘处会产生毛头这是大家都可想像到的,故Nut Former是採取卧式的设计(类似塑胶射出机)两面交互冲压的原理,两面各冲压三次,过去日本Former是以曲柄轴(Crank)来传送动力,依不同的规格生产速度大约是每分钟300~500个螺帽,

3. 柄：红脖子牧场 在报废的汽车旁边可以得到曲柄(Crank). 往前走,杀死突然冲出来的红脖子僵尸. 到屋子跟前,却进不去门. 屋子的右侧有一台发电机,但是现在还无法发动. 继续往右边走,调查角落的物品,可以得到水壶(Jug). 转身前进,

常用例句

用作名词(n.)

He is just a crank. His ideas are insane.他真是个怪人。他的想法都很疯狂。

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.

出自：Milton

Things, which..Still serve to ballast, with convenient words, A few crank arguments for speeching lords.

出自：fig.

Hard, tough, crank, gutt'ral, harsh, stiff names.

出自：Swift

See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best of all my land..a monstrous cantle out.

出自：1 Henry IV,Shakespeare

The car refused to start again...She cranked away until she was breathless.

出自：J. B. Priestley

The taxi-driver..got out of his seat and cranked up the engine.

出自：E. Waugh

近义词

临近词

wind风

grouch不高兴的人

nut坚果

eccentric古怪的

original原始的

reel卷

cranky怪癖的

tippy容易倾斜的

methamphetamine[药]甲基苯丙胺...

zigzag曲折

move移动

crackpot想入非非的

fruitcake掺有干果的糕饼...

chicken feed(俚语)小钱

crank up启动

meth 甲基苯丙胺(一...

Methedrine[药]梅太德林...

ice冰

crosspatch脾气坏的人

glass玻璃

spirit精神

free spirit无拘无束的人...

tender温柔的

churl粗鄙之人

turn翻转

trash废物

methamphetamine hydrochloride脱氧麻黄碱盐酸盐...

free自由的

starter起动机

activate激活

maverick未打烙印的小牛...

nutcase疯子

deoxyephedrine去氧麻黄碱, 去氧麻黄素...

shabu甲基苯丙胺

chalk粉笔

character个性

screwball怪人

grump[常用复]一阵坏脾气...

crap

crank in

cranked

crankle

Cranko

crane

cranking

cranker

crankily

crankweb

cranky

crank up

相关列句

They fill life with checklists, and try to crank out tasks as if they were widget machines.(他们的生活中充满了待办事项清单，然后像个机器人似地要一件件搞定。)

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.( Mark Twain )(具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。)

He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.(他启动各项改革的时间很有限。)

You slip the key into the ignition and crank the engine to life.(把钥匙插在点火装置上，开动引擎。)

Are nasty drafts forcing you to crank up the heat?(那些可恶乱窜的气流迫使你打开暖气？)

He was idly turning a crank on a strange mechanism strapped to his chest.(他漫不经心地转着绑在他胸前的一个古怪装置上面的曲柄。)

You are able to focus, you can crank out your tasks, and you can lower your level of stress.(你将能够专心工作，完成任务，并且减轻压力。)

The blizzard had been expected, allowing cities time to crank out the salt and snow plows.(由于预报会有暴风雪，各个城市都有时间来准备盐和扫雪机。)

They have to really crank it up and get into higher tiers, like titanium.(他们必须全力以赴才能做到更高的等级，比如，钛级。)

And until I got pregnant I thought Nicola was a crank.(直到我怀上了孩子，我还认为尼科拉是个怪人。)