crank
a. 不稳的, 脾气暴燥的, 易怒的 n. 曲柄, 奇想 vt. 装曲柄 vi. 转动曲柄
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词形变化
教材释义与例句
装曲柄
易怒的
释义与例句
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1.
An ailment, ache.
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2.
An ill-tempered or nasty person.
非正式Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
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3.
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
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4.
A fit of temper or passion.
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5.
An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
非正式That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.
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A baseball fan.
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7.
A sick person; an invalid.
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A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
过时 非正式John is a crank because he talks to himself.
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1.
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
Clipping of crankshaft.
曲柄
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2.
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
Give it a forceful crank.
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3.
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
古体So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
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4.
Synonym of methamphetamine.
美国 俚语Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
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5.
A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
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6.
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
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7.
The penis.
民间科学家
民科
俚语
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1.
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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2.
To turn by means of a crank.
及物Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.
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3.
To turn a crank.
不及物He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
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4.
To turn.
不及物He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
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5.
To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
及物I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over
Crank it up!
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6.
To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
不及物Quit cranking about your spilt milk!
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To be running at a high level of output or effort.
不及物By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.
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Hard; difficult.
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Strange; weird; odd.
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Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
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4.
Sick; unwell.
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5.
Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
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Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
词汇关系
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词源
From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).
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