crank
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. 怪人[非正式]
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. 有新想法的人在想法實現前是怪人。
2. N-COUNT A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. 曲柄
He was idly turning a crank on a strange mechanism strapped to his chest. 他漫不經心地轉著綁在他胸前的一個古怪裝置上麪的曲柄。
3. V-T If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. 用曲柄啓動
The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. 司機下車用曲柄發動了引擎。
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crank /kræŋk/ (cranking,cranked,cranks)
剑桥词典
crank noun (PERSON)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] informala person who has strange or unusual ideas and beliefs
怪人,古怪的人
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] US, informal
an unpleasant and easily annoyed person
討厭的人;壞脾氣的人
She's always a crank first thing in the morning . 她早上一起來縂愛發脾氣。
crank noun (EQUIPMENT)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a device that creates movement between parts of a machine or that changes backward and forward movement into circular movement
曲柄,曲軸
a crank handle 曲柄把手
crank noun (DRUG)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ] USan illegal drug that is a form of methamphetamine
一種(非法制造的)去氧麻黃堿毒品 返回 crank