crank

英 [kræŋk]

美 [kræŋk]

n.  (想法)古怪的人; 脾气坏的人; 容易恼怒的人; (L字形)曲柄，曲轴
v.  用曲柄转动(或启动)

复数：cranks　现在分词：cranking　过去式：cranked　过去分词：cranked　第三人称单数：cranks　

CET6IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18797 / COCA.8650

短语动词

短语用例

crank sth↔out

• 大量地快速制造；（尤指）粗制滥造
  to produce a lot of sth quickly, especially things of low quality
  1. Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
     素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。

crank sth↔up

• 使机器运转；使…提高效率
  to make a machine, etc. work or work at a higher level
• （把音乐等的音量）开大，调高
  to make music, etc. louder

牛津词典

noun

• （想法）古怪的人
  a person with ideas that other people find strange
  1. Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
     素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
• 脾气坏的人；容易恼怒的人
  a person who easily gets angry or annoyed
• （L字形）曲柄，曲轴
  a bar and handle in the shape of an L that you pull or turn to produce movement in a machine, etc.

verb

• 用曲柄转动（或启动）
  to make sth turn or move by using a crank
  1. to crank an engine
     用曲柄发动引擎
  2. He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.
     他启动各项改革的时间很有限。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 想法(或行为)古怪的人
  If you call someone acrank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  1. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...
     首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。
  2. He looked like a crank.
     他看上去像个怪人。
• 曲柄;曲轴
  Acrankis a device that you turn in order to make something move.
• VERB (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)
  If youcrankan engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
  1. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
     司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

英英释义

noun

• a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
  Synonym:starter
• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride
  Synonym:methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkchicken feedglassiceshabutrash
• a whimsically eccentric person
  Synonym:crackpotnutnut casefruitcakescrewball
• a bad-tempered person
  Synonym:grouchgrumpchurlcrosspatch

verb

• bend into the shape of a crank
• fasten with a crank
• rotate with a crank
  Synonym:crank up
• start by cranking
  1. crank up the engine
  Synonym:crank up
• travel along a zigzag path
  1. The river zigzags through the countryside
  Synonym:zigzag

adj

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
  Synonym:crankytendertippy

双语例句

• He gave the crank a spin; it broke off after much twisting.
  他给曲柄一个旋转；在许多转动后它段裂了。
• The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'
  首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。
• The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
  司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。
• The use of pneumatic actuator cylinder piston and crank conversion structure, output torque, small size fine.
  气动执行机构采用活塞式气缸及曲臂转换结构，输出力矩大，体积精小。
• Crankshaft is a very important component of large marine engine and its key part is crank.
  船用曲轴是大型船用发动机的重要部件，而曲拐是曲轴的关键部分。
• In this case the compressor is a three crank vertical design.
  在这种情况下，压缩机为三曲柄竖向设计。
• The circular movement of this crank operates the valves register.
  曲柄的圆周运动带动了阀门的记录器。
• The bell crank connects to a Tiller handle using a universal joint.
  钟曲柄连接到一个使用通用蘖处理联合。
• A sample plot of the unstable frequency with crank speed is illustrated.
  绘制了不稳定频率相对于曲柄速度的样本曲线。
• The double crank four ring-plate-type cycloidal pinwheel reducer is a new type reducer based on a new drive principle.
  双曲柄四环板摆线针轮减速器是一种采用新型传动原理制成的减速器。