crane

英 [kreɪn]

美 [kreɪn]

n.  起重机; 吊车; 鹤
v.  (为看得更清楚而)探着身子; 伸长(脖子)

复数：cranes　过去式：craned　现在分词：craning　过去分词：craned　第三人称单数：cranes　

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Collins.2 / BNC.8536 / COCA.8390

牛津词典

noun

• 起重机；吊车
  a tall machine with a long arm, used to lift and move building materials and other heavy objects
• 鹤
  a large bird with long legs and a long neck

verb

• （为看得更清楚而）探着身子；伸长（脖子）
  to lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck
  1. People were craning out of the windows and waving.
     人们把头探出窗外挥手致意。
  2. She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.
     她伸长了脖子，好把舞台看清楚些。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 起重机;吊车
  Acraneis a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
  1. The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
     那间用预制板搭建的小棚屋被一辆大型起重机吊走了。
• 鹤
  Acraneis a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs.
• VERB (为看或听得更清楚)伸长(脖子)，探(头)
  If youcraneyour neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better.
  1. She craned her neck to get a better view...
     她伸长脖子想看得更清楚些。
  2. Children craned to get close to him...
     孩子们探着身子想靠近他。
  3. She craned forward to look at me.
     她向前探出身子看着我。

英英释义

noun

• large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
• lifts and moves heavy objects

verb

• stretch (the neck) so as to see better
  1. The women craned their necks to see the President drive by
  Synonym:stretch out

双语例句

• The crane lifted the bales into the hold.
  起重机将大包吊进货舱。
• Children craned to get close to him
  孩子们探着身子想靠近他。
• The crane made rumbling sound.
  吊车发出隆隆的响声。
• This book describes in detail with the crane hoisting the computing and security technologies.
  本书详尽介绍了与起重吊装有关的计算和安全技术。
• The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
  那间用预制板搭建的小棚屋被一辆大型起重机吊走了。
• The tentative treatment schemes were put forward to solve the existing problems in prestressed concrete crane girders.
  分析了预应力混凝土吊车梁存在的问题，并结合实际情况，对其提出了初步可行的处理方案。
• This is a group for the crane reel.
  这是一种用于起重机的卷筒组。
• The crane and the mother-of-pearl fight to death.
  鹬蚌相争。
• I need a crane to lift my finger.
  我需要起重机才能抬起我的手指。
• She craned forward to look at me.
  她向前探出身子看着我。