crack

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #2145 ★★☆☆☆

n. 裂缝, 爆裂声 v. (使)爆裂, (使)裂开, (使)发出爆裂声 a. 第一流的 adv. 啪地一声

发音

US /kɹæk/
UK /kɹæk/

词形变化

cracks 复数 crack'd cracked crackest cracketh cracking cracks 三单 cracks crackt cracking 现在分词 cracked 过去式 cracked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

破裂;爆裂

动词

使破裂;打开;变声

形容词

最好的;高明的

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

    裂缝

    裂纹

    可数 不可数

    A large crack had formed in the roadway.

  2. 2.

    A narrow opening.

    可数 不可数

    We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.

    Open the door a crack.

  3. 3.

    A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

    可数 不可数

    I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

  4. 4.

    Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

    Something good-tasting or habit-forming.

    可数 比喻 幽默 俚语 不可数

    kitty crack

  5. 5.

    The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

    可数 不可数

    The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.

  6. 6.

    Any sharp sound.

    可数 不可数

    The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

  7. 7.

    A sharp, resounding blow.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    An attempt at something.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    I'd like to take a crack at that game.

  9. 9.

    The vagina.

    可数 俚语 不可数 粗俗
  10. 10.

    The space between the buttocks.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

  11. 11.

    Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 可数 不可数

    The party was great crack.

    He's good crack. [It's nice having him around]

    "his a bit o' good crack — interesting to talk to"

  12. 12.

    A chat.

    可数 不可数
  13. 13.

    A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

    破解

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

    Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?

  14. 14.

    The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

    可数 不可数
  15. 15.

    A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  16. 16.

    A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

    英国 可数 过时 俚语 不可数

    I'll be with you in a crack.

  17. 17.

    The act of hitting on someone.

    可数 过时 不可数 非裔美国英语
  18. 18.

    Dry firewood.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  19. 19.

    Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    crack head

  20. 20.

    Business; events; news.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 可数 不可数

    What's the crack?

    What's this crack about a possible merger?

  21. 21.

    An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.

    美国 可数 过时 不可数 物理
  22. 22.

    Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

    沙雕

    恶搞

    搞笑

    可数 不可数
  23. 23.

    A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

    古体 可数 不可数

    He has a crack.

  24. 24.

    A crazy or crack-brained person.

    古体 可数 不可数
  25. 25.

    A boast; boasting.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  26. 26.

    Breach of chastity.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  27. 1.

    One who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse.

    废旧
v. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To form cracks.

    不及物

    It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.

  2. 2.

    To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

    断裂

    不及物

    When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.

  3. 3.

    To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

    不及物

    Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

  4. 4.

    To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

    不及物

    When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

  5. 5.

    To make a cracking sound.

    不及物

    The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.

  6. 6.

    To change rapidly in register.

    不及物

    His voice cracked with emotion.

  7. 7.

    To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

    不及物

    His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.

  8. 8.

    To make a sharply humorous comment.

    不及物

    "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.

  9. 9.

    To realize that one is transgender.

    不及物

    She cracked at age 22 and came out to her friends and family over the next few months.

  10. 10.

    To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

    及物

    You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

  11. 11.

    To open slightly.

    及物

    Could you please crack the window?

  12. 12.

    To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.

    比喻 及物

    They managed to crack him on the third day.

  13. 13.

    To solve a difficult problem.

    比喻 及物

    I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.

  14. 14.

    To cause to make a sharp sound.

    及物

    to crack a whip

  15. 15.

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

    及物 化学

    Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.

  16. 16.

    To brag; to boast.

    废旧
  17. 17.

    To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

    古体 非正式
  18. 18.

    To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).

    非正式

    An underground band that never cracked the Hot 100

  19. 19.

    To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.

    Did you hear about Josh cracking Stacy in the school hall?

  20. 20.

    To make a crack or cracks in.

    及物

    The ball cracked the window.

  21. 21.

    To strike forcefully.

    及物

    She cracked him over the head with her handbag.

    Watch your head, don't crack it on that beam.

  22. 22.

    To overcome a security system or component.

    及物

    It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.

    They finally cracked the code.

  23. 23.

    To tell (a joke).

    及物

    The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.

  24. 24.

    To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学

    That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.

  25. 25.

    To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

    非正式 及物

    I'd love to crack open a beer.

    Let's crack a tube and watch the game.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Highly trained and competent.

    Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.

  2. 2.

    Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

    She's a crack shot with that rifle.

词汇关系

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *gerg-der. Proto-Germanic *krakōną Proto-West Germanic *krakōn Old English cracian Middle English crakken English crack From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots crak (“to crack”), West Frisian kreakje (“to crack”), Dutch kraken (“to crunch, creak, squeak”), Low German kraken (“to crack”), German krachen (“to crash, crack, creak”), Lithuanian gi̇̀rgžděti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian կարկաչ (karkačʻ), Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to roar, hum”). Compare typologically English crevice (<< Latin crepō), Bulgarian пукнатина (puknatina) (akin to пу́кам (púkam)), Russian тре́щина (tréščina) (akin to треск (tresk)), щель (ščelʹ) (akin to щёлкать (ščólkatʹ)).

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