crane

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n. 鹤, 起重机 vt. 伸颈, 起重机起吊 vi. 伸颈看, 迟疑

发音

US /kɹeɪn/

词形变化

cranes 复数 craned cranes 三单 cranes craning craning 现在分词 craned 过去式 craned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

用起重机起吊；伸长脖子

动词

伸着脖子看；迟疑，踌躇

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

    鹤

    Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

  2. 2.

    Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

    美国 方言
  3. 3.

    A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

    起重机

    吊车

  4. 4.

    An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.

  5. 5.

    A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

  6. 6.

    A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

    航海 交通
  7. 1.

    The cranium.

    废旧
  8. 1.

    Alternative form of cran (“measure of herrings”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To extend (one's neck).

    伸长

    探头

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To pull up before a jump.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

wader wading bird

下位词 6

transporter derrick davit stacker crane whooper whooping crane
动词

同义词 1

stretch out

上位词 2

stretch extend

相关短语

crane fly n. 大蚊盲蛛 crane flies Crane County crane operator 起重机操作员 crane operators crane game crane driver crane drivers crane locomotive crane locomotives crane engine crane engines crane games phantom crane fly

词源

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

来源：wiktionary