crack up

短语

撞坏, 衰退, 吹捧

发音

AU /ˈkɹæk ˈʌp/

词形变化

cracked up cracking up cracks up 三单 cracks up cracking up 现在分词 cracked up 过去式 cracked up 过去分词 more crack up 比较级 most crack up 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To laugh.

    To laugh heartily.

    习语 不及物

    It was hilarious. We were cracking up the whole time.

  2. 2.

    To laugh.

    To cause to laugh heartily.

    习语 及物

    The joke about the nuns in the bath cracked me up.

  3. 3.

    To laugh.

    To tease (someone) or tell jokes at the expense of (someone).

    不及物 俚语

    He's always cracking up at me about that.

  4. 4.

    To break.

    To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.

    过时 习语 不及物

    She got through the war, but cracked up when her sister died.

  5. 5.

    To break.

    To break down or fall apart; to stop functioning; to shatter.

    习语

    The university was really cracking up, losing faculty, students and donors, and it seemed like to go under.

    My motorcycle cracked up before I arrived.

  6. 6.

    To break.

    To separate a group.

    习语 及物

    I have to crack up that little clique.

  7. 7.

    To break.

    To crash an aircraft or automobile.

    美国
  8. 8.

    To break.

    To remove the shell from nuts.

    及物

    We can send you a hundred pounds a month of pecans to crack up.

  9. 9.

    To break.

    To crack (petroleum). (to break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse)

    及物

    The refinery cracks up the heavier oils.

  10. 10.

    To affect the image of something.

    To praise or applaud (something); to promote a positive view of (something).

    俚语 及物

    She wasn't as impressive as Katie cracked her up.

  11. 11.

    To affect the image of something.

    To insult, demean or harm the image of (something).

    过时 及物

    Those who have been cracking up the agricultural industry will hopefully reconsider their denigration of it.

  12. 12.

    To affect the image of something.

    To cry up; to extol.

    非正式 及物

    This new computer system is not what it was cracked up to be.

  13. 13.

    To smoke crack cocaine.

    不及物 俚语

    I need to crack up.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Funny; hilarious

    新西兰 非正式

    That joke was crack up.

词汇关系

词源

Compare Japanese 笑う (warau, “laugh, smile”), suffixed from Japanese 割る (waru, “crack”).

来源:wiktionary