crank
n. [机]曲柄; 妙语,奇想; 〈美俚〉想法古怪的人; 〈口〉脾气乖戾的人
vt. 转动曲柄移动; 使弯曲; 给…装上用于转动的曲柄; 转动曲柄开动(引擎)
If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
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。
A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move.
If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。
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
1. travel along a zigzag path;
2. start by cranking;
3. rotate with a crank
4. fasten with a crank
5. bend into the shape of a crank
1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
crank out
尤指机械快速地制造
crank up
转动曲柄似地使…开始
使增大,使增强:在体积或强度上使…增强
He was called a crank at first.
一开始他被叫做思想怪异者.
He is just a crank. His ideas are insane.
他只是一个疯子, 他的想法都很疯狂.
Take the crank deflection of main engine.
测量主机的拐挡差.
Engine crank tachometer provide VTEC control function.
发动机曲轴转数表提供VTEC控制 功能.
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.