英语释义

1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft or by which reciprocating motion is changed into circular motion or vice versa

2. bend

3. a twist or turn of speech conceit —used especially in the phrase quips and cranks

4. caprice, crotchet

5. an annoyingly eccentric person also one who is overly enthusiastic about a particular subject or activity

6. a bad-tempered person grouch

7. crystal meth specifically an impure form of crystal meth

8. to move with a winding course zigzag

9. to turn a crank

10. to get started by or as if by the turning of a crank

11. to gain speed, momentum, or intensity —usually used with up
the campaign is cranking up

12. to move or operate by or as if by a crank
crank the window down

13. to cause to start
crank an automobile

14. to rotate the shaft (such as a crankshaft) of especially with a starter
crank over an engine

15. to use in trying to start an engine
crank the starter

16. to start as if by use of a crank —usually used with up
she cranked up the air conditioner

17. turn up sense 2 —usually used with up
crank up the volume

18. of, relating to, or being a bad-tempered or annoyingly eccentric person also made or sent by such a person or by someone intending to be an annoyance or to cause harm
crank calls a crank letter

19. merry, high-spirited

20. cocky, confident

21. easily tipped tender entry 1 sense 4d

22. a machine part with a handle that can be turned in a circular motion to move something

23. a person who has strange ideas or thinks too much about one thing

24. a person who is often angry or easily annoyed

25. to move (something) by turning a crank

26. to increase (something) especially by a large amount

27. to start or try to start (an engine) by using a crank or some other method to get it moving

28. a bent part with a handle that is turned to start or run machinery

29. a person with strange ideas

30. a cross or irritable person

31. to start or run by or as if by turning a part with a handle

32. to make or become greater in speed or intensity
crank the volume

33. to produce quickly and often carelessly
You can't just crank out a good book.

34. crystal meth specifically an impure form of crystal meth

片语

crank pin[机] 曲柄销；拐肘销

cranked plate弯板链板

crank pulley曲轴皮带轮

crank out制成；粗制滥造

cranked eyepiece转向目镜

crank mechanism曲柄机构

cranked gasoline裂化汽油

crank up转动曲柄起动；把声量调大；启动

crank arm[机] 曲柄臂；曲臂；曲轴臂

cranked electrode弯电极

crank case曲拐箱；曲轴箱

crank gear曲柄机构，曲轴齿轮；曲柄转动装置

wgotr cranked酸洗

crank angle[机] 曲柄角

cranked wing弯曲翼

hand crank手动曲柄

water cranked酸洗

crank shaft曲柄轴

cranked slab曲拐板

under cranked降格

英汉例句

• The Spurs really cranked it up in the closing moments, some amazing pressure.

  马刺在最后阶段真的全力去拼了，非常惊人的压力。

• Part of why it costs so much is that it「s not a pill cranked out in a lab, but a treatment that is individually prepared, using each patient」s cells and a protein found on most prostate cancer cells.

  这种疗法昂贵的部分原因在于，它不是一种实验室研制的药物，而是针对个体需要而采取的特定疗法，需要用到每位患者的细胞，以及大多数前列腺癌细胞所具有的蛋白质。

• He cranked out over 1000 patented ideas, many of which were commercially successful.

  他发明了1000多种获得专利的构想，大都获得了商业成果。

• Mr Bush may have cranked up his economic agenda. Less obvious is whether Congress will jump aboard.

  布什也许已经启动了他的经济日程，而国会是否随行，就很难说了。

• Something with some black will be good, but don’t overdo is as you might notice some bluish tones when the brightness is cranked up.

  在显示某些黑色的时候效果比较好，但是不要过分黑，因为当亮度调高一些的时候，你会发现这些区域会有一些泛蓝。

• White noise is helpful to block out ambient noises (particularly prevalent in a big city) — and it「s perfectly safe to listen as long as the volume isn」t cranked up too loudly.

  白噪音对屏蔽环境噪音很有帮助(大城市的环境噪音太普遍了)，只要别把音量调得太高，就非常安全了。

• Barack Obama cranked up the presidential outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, demanding to know 「whose ass to kick」.

  奥巴马总统对墨西哥湾漏油事件大为愤怒，要求搞清楚到底是谁的错。

• All accessed via a spacious ground floor lobby, these floors each have a cranked plan that naturally divides the Spaces into two sides.

  首层设置了一个宽敞的大厅，其他楼层则设计了弯曲的天井，自然地将平面划分为两部分，呈开放式布局。

• Mr Bush may have cranked up his economic agenda.

  布什有可能已经开动了他的经济议程。

• Not bad! White noise is helpful to block out ambient noises (particularly prevalent in a big city) — and it「s perfectly safe to listen as long as the volume isn」t cranked up too loudly.

  不错！白噪音对屏蔽环境噪音很有帮助(大城市的环境噪音太普遍了)，只要别把音量调得太高，就非常安全了。

• Because Liverpool fans had been waiting for such a long time for such big games the noise levels were cranked up and it made a difference.

  为了这样一场大战，利物浦球迷已经等了很久了，所以球场的助威声将是惊人的，它可以改变比赛。

• To be any use in consumer electronics, and especially electric cars, solid-state batteries would need to be bigger and capable of being cranked out in greater numbers.

  要用于消费电子产品，特别是电动汽车这样的产品，全固态电池必须容量更大，能够批量生产才行。

• We「ve cranked up the dial, and we don」t get to crank it back.

  我们已经朝这个方向拨了号，就不可能再拨回去了。

• Listen carefully and you can almost hear the printing presses being cranked up.

  你仔细听听，几乎已经能听到印钞机在响了。

• Recruitment has been hugely cranked up, attrition rates are well down, and recruits now gets a crash course in basic literacy and numeracy—many, the foreign instructors find, cannot even count.

  征兵已经大面积启动，消耗率也大大降低，而且征兵现在获得一个在基本的识字和识数外，还有不可估计的一些外国教师类速成的课程。

• Meanwhile, the two parties cranked up the rancour over health care, with each accusing the other of exploiting voter anger on the issue. See article.

  同时两党继续就医改问题针锋相对，互相指责是对方激起了选民的不满。

• It is cranked so these glazed surfaces face inwards towards the pool and garden, and away from the surrounding streets.

  这是可调节的，因此这些玻璃表面朝向泳池和花园，而远离周围的街道。

• Asia cranked out 98 new billionaires last year, and their combined fortunes jumped 37%.

  亚洲去年制造了98个新的亿万富翁，同时与之相连的是他们的财富增加了37%。

• Nicolas Sarkozy has cranked up the pressure before the G20 summit, suggesting he could walk out if his calls for tighter global financial regulation are not met.

  尼古拉斯·萨科奇在20国峰会前夕再次施压，暗示说假如他提出的全球金融监管从紧的建议不被接受的话，他将退出这一峰会。

• All emotions are cranked up to the Max and the intense brightness lights up everything.

  所有的情感都被放大到极致，强烈得似乎能照亮一切。

• Warren: Originally this machine was hand-cranked and we would have cranked the candy through by hand.

  沃伦：最初，这台机器是用手摇的，我们用手一下一下地把硬糖绞出来。

• I watch TV with subtitles and the volume cranked up.

  我看的是带字幕的电视节目，音量调得很大。

• The strike can be made to feel as gentle as 「broom bristles」 or cranked up to deliver a paralyzing jolt that "takes a few minutes to wear off.

  这个装置能使你的感觉就象温和的「扫帚毛」或启动以传递一种麻痹眩晕感「这将持续几分钟才消逝」。

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