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Crank Make Turn Verb Kræŋk Informal Move Noun

word crank
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crank

[kræŋk]cranked, cranking, cranks

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cranked[400] cranking[417] cranks[255]
曲柄(88%),脾气坏的人(3%),古怪的(1%),奇异的(1%),用曲柄启动或转动(1%),摇晃的(1%),古怪行为(1%),快速制作(1%),有怪癖的人(1%),妙语(1%),松动的(1%)
n.曲柄;奇想
n.(Crank)人名;(英)克兰克
adj.易怒的
vt.装曲柄
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Collins
crank ★☆☆☆☆
/kræ̱ŋk/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]想法(或行为)古怪的人 If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...

    首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。

  • He looked like a crank.

    他看上去像个怪人。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]曲柄;曲轴 A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move.
    3
    [VERB 动词](尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动) If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
      [V n]
    • The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.

      司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

    相关词组:
    crank out
    crank up

    Oxford
    crank / kræŋk ; NAmE kræŋk /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    crank cranks cranked cranking
    noun 1 ( disapproving) a person with ideas that other people find strange (想法)古怪的人 SYN
    eccentric
    Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
    2 ( NAmE) a person who easily gets angry or annoyed 脾气坏的人;容易恼怒的人 3 a bar and handle in the shape of an L that you pull or turn to produce movement in a machine, etc. (L 字形)曲柄,曲轴
    verb cranksth (up) to make sth turn or move by using a crank 用曲柄转动(或启动) to crank an engine 用曲柄发动引擎 ( figurative) He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action. 他推动各项改革的时间很有限。 PHRASAL VERBS ˌcrank sth↔ˈout ( informal) to produce a lot of sth quickly, especially things of low quality 快速地大量制造;(尤指)粗制滥造 SYN turn out ˌcrank sth↔ˈup ( informal) 1 to make a machine, etc. work or work at a higher level 使机器运转;使…提高效率 2 to make music, etc. louder (把音乐等的音量)开大,调高 SYN turn up Crank up the volume! 把音量放大些! crank / kræŋk ; NAmE kræŋk /
    LDC
    crank1 noun
    crank2 verb
    crankcrank1 /kræŋk/ noun [countable]
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    1a handle on a piece of equipment, that you can turn in order to move something2informal someone who has unusual ideas and behaves strangely:  Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but his theories later became very influential.3crank call/letter a telephone call or letter in which someone says annoying things4 American English informal someone who easily gets angry or annoyed with people
    crank1 noun
    crank2 verb
    crankcrank2 (also crank up) verb [transitive]
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    to make something move by turning a crank:  Try cranking the engine.crank something ↔ out phrasal verb to produce a lot of something very quickly:  He cranked out three novels last year.crank something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to make the sound of something, especially music, louder:  We cranked up the volume.

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