英语释义

1. to make a very sharp explosive sound
The whip cracks through the air.

2. to break, split, or snap apart
The statue cracked when she dropped it.

3. fail: such as

4. to lose control or effectiveness under pressure —often used with up
The stress was so great that she started to crack up.

5. to fail in tone
His voice cracked.

6. to go or travel at good speed —usually used with on
The steamboat cracked on.

7. to break so that fissures appear on the surface
crack a mirror

8. to break with a sudden sharp sound
crack nuts

9. to tell especially suddenly or strikingly
crack a joke

10. to strike with a sharp noise rap
then cracks him over the head cracked a two-run homer in the eighth

11. to open (something, such as a bottle) for drinking

12. to open (a book) for studying

13. to puzzle out and expose, solve, or reveal the mystery of
crack a code

14. to break into
crack a safe

15. to open slightly
crack the throttle

16. to break through (something, such as a barrier) so as to gain acceptance or recognition
… on track to crack Hollywood after landing a big screen role.
— Ed Gleave and Peter Dyke

17. to show or begin showing (a smile) especially reluctantly or uncharacteristically

18. to impair seriously or irreparably wreck
crack an opponent's courage

19. to destroy the tone of (a voice)

20. disorder, craze
Worry had cracked his otherwise cheerful disposition.

21. to interrupt sharply or abruptly
The criticism cracked our complacency.

22. to cause to make a sharp noise
cracks his knuckles

23. to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking

24. to produce by cracking
cracked gasoline

25. to break up (chemical compounds) into simpler compounds by means of heat

26. to adopt or apply an authoritative, tyrannical, or threatening approach or policy (as in demanding harder work from employees)
The team needs a coach who isn't afraid to crack the whip.

27. to make a wisecrack
The comedian often cracked wise about prominent politicians.

28. a loud roll or peal
a crack of thunder

29. a sudden sharp noise
the crack of rifle fire

30. a sharp witty remark quip

31. a narrow break fissure
a crack in the ice

32. a narrow opening
Leave the door open a crack. cracks between floorboards —used figuratively in phrases like fall through the cracks to describe one that has been improperly or inadvertently ignored or left out
a player who fell through the cracks in the college draftChildren slipping through the cracks of available youth services.

33. a weakness or flaw caused by decay, age, or deficiency unsoundness

34. a broken tone of the voice

35. crackpot

36. moment, instant
the crack of dawn

37. housebreaking, burglary

38. a sharp resounding blow
gave him a crack on the head

39. an attempt or opportunity to do something
her first crack at writing a novel got first crack at the job opening

40. a potent form of cocaine that is obtained by treating the hydrochloride of cocaine with sodium bicarbonate to create small chips used illicitly for smoking

41. of superior excellence or ability
a crack marksman

42. to break (something) so that there are lines in its surface but it is usually not separated into pieces

43. to hit or press (something) so hard that it breaks apart or opens suddenly

44. to hit (someone or something) hard and usually suddenly

45. a thin line in the surface of something that is broken but not separated into pieces

46. a very narrow space or opening between two things or two parts of something

47. a sudden loud, sharp sound

48. very good of excellent quality or ability

49. to break or cause to break with a sudden sharp sound
crack an egg

50. to break often without completely separating into parts
The ice cracked in several places.

51. to make or cause to make a sound as if breaking
crack a whip

52. to open a small amount
crack a window

53. to tell (a joke) especially in a clever way

54. to lose self-control
He cracked under the strain.

55. to change in tone quality
My voice cracked from emotion.

56. to strike or receive a sharp blow
… I bounced sideways and cracked my head on the half-open window …
— Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Loses Control

57. solve
I cracked the code.

58. to have a reputation as a result of praise
The show wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be.

59. to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing

60. to laugh or cause to laugh
Her costume cracked me up.

61. a narrow break or opening
a crack in the glass

62. a sudden sharp noise
a crack of thunder

63. a sharp clever remark

64. the beginning moment
I awoke at the crack of dawn.

65. a sharp blow

66. attempt entry 2
It was my first crack at writing.

67. of high quality or ability
crack troops

68. a potent form of cocaine that is obtained by treating the hydrochloride of cocaine with sodium bicarbonate to create small chips used illicitly usually for smoking

英汉例句

• now 31, kerr says he first got caught up in the gang scene when he was nine years old and has dealt in drugs, smoked crack cocaine and been in and out of prison.

  现年31岁的科尔表示，他在9岁开始涉入帮派事务，从此之后开启贩毒、吸食快克古柯堿、进出监狱的人生。

• shortly afterwards, her father said in an interview that she was suffering from emphysema and had been warned by doctors that she would die if she continued smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes.

  没过多久她的父亲在一次采访中提到她已患有肺气肿，医生已经警告她如果继续吸食可卡因和烟会有死亡的可能。

• after all, they managed to cut crime when several trends, from the growing availability of crack cocaine to the continued breakdown of poor families, were against them.

  毕竟，他们成功减少了犯罪，而与此同时，其他几种趋势，从可卡因越来越容易取得，到贫困家庭持续崩溃，却在持续上升。

相似词

pop流行音乐；流行文化；（尤用作称呼）爸，爹；汽水；砰声；枪击；（迅速打上的）记号；批评；通俗古典乐

snap突然折断，拉断；猛咬；啪地关上

相反词

amateur业余爱好的；业余的；外行的；不熟练的

amateurish业余的；不熟练的；外行的

inexperienced无经验的；不熟练的

inexpert不熟练的，不内行的

jackleg（非正式）不胜任的人，缺乏技能的人；不诚实的人；破坏罢工者

unprofessional非专业的，外行的；违反职业道德（或标準）的

unseasoned没有经验的；未成熟的；未加调料的；未干的

unskilled不熟练；无技能（unskill的过去式和过去分词形式）

unskillful不熟练的；不灵巧的，笨拙的；无技巧的