英汉词典

crank 基本解释

• n. 曲柄；奇想
• adj. 易怒的
• vt. 装曲柄
• n. (Crank)人名；(英)克兰克

crank 词态变化

crank 中文词源

来自PIE*ger, 转，弯，围，词源同cramp, crook. 即脑袋打弯的，跟别人想的不一样的。

crank 英文词源

crank

crank: [OE] There appears to be a link between the words crank, cringe, and crinkle. They share the meaning element ‘bending’ or ‘curling up’ (which later developed metaphorically into ‘becoming weak or sick’, as in the related German krank ‘ill’), and probably all came from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank-. In Old English the word crank appeared only in the compound crancstoef, the name for a type of implement used by weavers; it is not recorded in isolation until the mid-15th century, when it appears in a Latin-English dictionary as a translation of Latin haustrum ‘winch’.

The adjective cranky [18] is no doubt related, but quite how closely is not clear. It may derive from an obsolete thieves’ slang term crank meaning ‘person feigning sickness to gain money’, which may have connections with German krank. Modern English crank ‘cranky person’ is a backformation from the adjective, coined in American English in the 19th century.
=> cringe, crinkle

crank (n.)

"handle for turning a revolving axis," Old English *cranc, implied in crancstæf "a weaver's instrument," crencestre "female weaver, spinster," from Proto-Germanic base *krank-, and related to crincan "to bend, yield" (see crinkle, cringe). English retains the literal sense of the ancient root, while German and Dutch krank "sick," formerly "weak, small," is from a figurative use. The 1825 supplement to Jamieson's Scottish dictionary has crank "infirm, weak, etc."

The sense of "an eccentric person," especially one who is irrationally fixated, is first recorded 1833, said to be from the crank of a barrel organ, which makes it play the same tune over and over; but more likely a back-formation from cranky (q.v.). Meaning "methamphetamine" attested by 1989.

crank (v.)

1590s, "to zig-zag," from crank (n.). Meaning "to turn a crank" is first attested 1908, with reference to automobile engines. Related: Cranked; cranking.

crank 词组搭配

crank 英文释义

1. a bad-tempered person

2. a whimsically eccentric person

3. amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

4. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

crank 双语例句

1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.

把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。

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2. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall "a crank"

首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。

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3. He looked like a crank.

他看上去像个怪人。

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4. He was called a crank at first.

一开始他被叫做思想怪异者.

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5. It's time to crank up the air conditioning.

该打开空调了.

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crank 实用场景例句

Crank up the volume!

把音量放大些！

牛津词典

(figurative)He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.

他启动各项改革的时间很有限。

牛津词典

Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.

素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。

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to crank an engine

用曲柄发动引擎

牛津词典

The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...

首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He looked like a crank.

他看上去像个怪人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.

司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

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He was called a crank at first.

一开始他被叫做思想怪异者.

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He is just a crank. His ideas are insane.

他只是一个疯子, 他的想法都很疯狂.

辞典例句

Take the crank deflection of main engine.

测量主机的拐挡差.

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Engine crank tachometer provide VTEC control function.

发动机曲轴转数表提供VTEC控制 功能.

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My car's so old that I have to crank it.

我的车太旧了,我只好转动曲柄来发动它.

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Crank tail —— tail carried down.

低垂的尾巴.

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Every bike has a serial number near the crank shaft.

每辆自行车在曲柄轴附近都有一个序列号.

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In manual element sealing strips are operated using a crank.

人工操作曲柄控制隔音条的伸缩.

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She is well aware that some may tag her a crank.

她很清楚,有人可能给她贴上疯子的标签.

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The propeller will windmill and crank the engine.

螺旋浆将旋转并转动引擎的曲柄.

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If you need more selectivity crank up the regeneration pot to the point before oscillation.

如果你需要更强的选择性,应该将再生调节到发生震荡前的最强点上.

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The crank handle is designed as detachable to minimise the dimension of the actuator.

手柄与电动执行器是可分开的,以最小化电动执行器体积.

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He's a crank, and a noxious crank.

他是个怪人, 而且还是个极为有害的怪人.

辞典例句

They crank out cars faster than they can sell them.

他们制造汽车很快,而销售跟不上.

辞典例句

The crank block is a common mechanism , and the research on the mechanism is necessary.

对机械中常用的曲柄滑块机构的振动力和振动力矩的平衡问题进行了探讨.

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It's time to crank up the air conditioning.

该打开空调了.

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When I crank the volume up the sound quality is not as good.

当我把声音调大的时候,音质就不那么好了.

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In order for the institutions of small, lightweight, wear crank slider leader mechanism of the bearing.

为了使机构笨重 、 磨损小, 曲柄不涩块导杆机构的不涩块是轴承.

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Then we took some crank and we mixed it with the cocaine.

然后我们拿了一些脱氧麻黄碱,将其和可卡因混在一起.

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Crankshaft is a very important component of large marine engine and its key component is crank.

曲轴是大型船用发动机的重要部件,大型船用组合式曲轴的曲柄是组成大型曲轴的关键零件.

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Will you please help me to crank up the engine?

请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好 吗 ?

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My car's so old that I have to crank it up on cold mornings.

我的轿车旧了,不得不在寒冷的早晨用摇把发动.

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