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

• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• 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。
• Based on the structure characteristics of the high-speed closed crank press, a two-degree-of-freedom dynamics mode has been established.
  根据高速闭式曲柄压力机结构特点，建立了两自由度动力学模型。
• It can also be applied to one crank and one-piece crankshaft of one cylinder or multicylinder engine.
  该方法速度快捷、精度高，适用于单缸机和多缸机的单拐曲柄和整体曲轴。
• This paper also presents the application of a precise measurement of crank shaft speed for engine diagnosis.
  本文阐述了瞬时转速在发动机故障诊断中应用。
• A hostile phone call ( from a crank).
  一种有敌意的电话（从一个曲柄而来）。
• Since when do we investigate crank calls?
  我们什么时候开始调查骚扰电话了？
• 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。
• For example, in reciprocating piston compressor and power machinery, to connect the piston with connecting rod and crank.
  例如在往复活塞式动力机械和压缩机中，用连杆来连接活塞与曲柄。
• 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。