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crank n.曲柄；有怪癖的人；脾气坏的人；妙语；古怪行为v.用曲柄启动或转动；快速制作adj.奇异的；古怪的；摇晃的；松动的 (1) 自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。(2) 我不喜欢做这样一个坏脾气的人。(3) 他开始用曲柄启动发动机。(4) 他们制造汽车很快,而销售跟不上。 You might crank a paper towel machine in a restroom to unspool the towels, or crank a music box to start it up — in either case, you're turning a handle, which is also called a crank. You can also say that you crank up the engine when you start your car, even though you're not literally turning or winding anything. A completely different kind of crank is a grouchy, opinionated person. This last meaning comes from cranky.

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英 [kræŋk] 美 [kræŋk] (1) The pedal of a cycle is attached to a crank.(2) I don't feel like being such a crank.(3) He started to crank the engine.(4) They crank out cars faster than they can sell them. To crank is to turn or rotate something using a handle or lever. The earliest automobiles required drivers to crank the engine before they could climb in and start driving. 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

英语单词	crank
英美音标	英 [kræŋk] 美 [kræŋk]
中文释义	n.曲柄；有怪癖的人；脾气坏的人；妙语；古怪行为 v.用曲柄启动或转动；快速制作 adj.奇异的；古怪的；摇晃的；松动的
英语例句	(1) The pedal of a cycle is attached to a crank. (2) I don't feel like being such a crank. (3) He started to crank the engine. (4) They crank out cars faster than they can sell them.
中文例句	(1) 自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。 (2) 我不喜欢做这样一个坏脾气的人。 (3) 他开始用曲柄启动发动机。 (4) 他们制造汽车很快,而销售跟不上。
vocabulary简明	To crank is to turn or rotate something using a handle or lever. The earliest automobiles required drivers to crank the engine before they could climb in and start driving.
vocabulary扩展	You might crank a paper towel machine in a restroom to unspool the towels, or crank a music box to start it up — in either case, you're turning a handle, which is also called a crank. You can also say that you crank up the engine when you start your car, even though you're not literally turning or winding anything. A completely different kind of crank is a grouchy, opinionated person. This last meaning comes from cranky.
柯林斯解释	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

Crank Engine Start Turning Turn Called N Count 可数名词