crank

名词 crank:

1. a bad-tempered person
   同义词：grouch, grump, churl, crosspatch
2. a whimsically eccentric person
   同义词：crackpot, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball
3. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
   同义词：methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, glass, ice, shabu, trash
4. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
   同义词：starter

动词 crank:

1. travel along a zigzag path
   同义词：zigzag
2. start by cranking
   同义词：crank up
3. rotate with a crank
   同义词：crank up
4. fasten with a crank
5. bend into the shape of a crank

形容词 crank:

1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
   同义词：cranky, tender, tippy

1. The pedal of a cycle is attached to a crank.
   自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。
2. He started to crank the engine.
   他开始用曲柄启动发动机。
3. The pedals of a cycle are attached to the crank.
   自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。

crank

n.（名词）
A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.
曲柄：一个传递转动的部件，包括一个手柄或把手与一个轴直角相连
A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit:
妙语，奇想：话题的巧妙转换；花哨的语言：
例句：
quips and cranks.
妙语和警句

A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.
奇特想法，古怪的行为
Informal
【非正式用语】
A grouchy person.
脾气坏的人
An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous.
异人：古怪的人，尤指过分狂热的人
v.（动词）
cranked,crank.ing,cranks
v.tr.（及物动词）

To start or operate (an engine, for example) by turning a handle.
以曲柄操作：转动曲柄开动或运作（如机器）
To move or operate (a window, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.
转动曲柄移动：转动曲柄或转动类似物移动或转动（如窗户）
To make into the shape of a crank; bend.
使弯曲：把…弯成曲柄状；使…弯曲
To provide with a handle that is used in turning.
给…装上用于转动的曲柄
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To turn a handle.
转动曲柄
To wind in a zigzagging course.
弯曲：在弯曲的道路上曲折前行
adj.（形容词）
Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person:
奇异的：属于、是或由古怪的人制作的：
例句：
a crank letter; a crank phone call.
一封怪信；一个古怪的电话

<常用词组>crank out
To produce, especially mechanically and rapidly:
尤指机械快速地制造：
例句：
cranks out memo after memo.
迅速地摘记

crank up
To cause to start or get started as if by turning a crank:
转动曲柄似地使…开始：
例句：
cranked up a massive publicity campaign.
开始了一次大规模的宣传运动

To cause to intensify, as in volume or force:
使增大，使增强：在体积或强度上使…增强：
例句：
cranks up the sound on the stereo.
使立体声的声音增强

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English cranc-
源自 古英语 cranc-
as in crancstôf [weaving implement]
如在 crancstôf [纺织器具]

crank
crank 2

adj.Nautical （形容词）【航海】
Liable to capsize; unstable.
易于翻转的；不稳定的

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