crack
v. (使)破裂,裂開; 砸開,重擊; (使)發出爆裂聲; (因壓力而)崩潰,瓦解; 變沙啞; 開(玩笑); 找到解決…的方法
n. 縫隙,裂縫; 噼啪聲; 嘗試; 笑話
adj. 訓練有素的; 一流的
If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes...
鄰居車庫下面的煤氣總管裂開了,煤氣滲入了我們家。
Remove the dish from the oven, crack the salt crust and you will find the skin just peels off the fish.
把盤子從烤箱裡拿出來,弄碎魚表面的那層鹽,魚皮就會從魚身上剝落下來了。
If something cracks, or if you crack it, it makes a sharp sound like the sound of a piece of wood breaking.
Thunder cracked in the sky...
空中雷聲咔嚓作響。
He cracked his fingers nervously.
他緊張不安地把手指按得咔吧作響。
If you crack a hard part of your body, such as your knee or your head, you hurt it by accidentally hitting it hard against something.
He cracked his head on the pavement and was knocked cold.
他一頭撞到人行道上,不省人事了。
When you crack something that has a shell, such as an egg or a nut, you break the shell in order to reach the inside part.
Crack the eggs into a bowl.
把雞蛋打在一個碗中。
If you crack a problem or a code, you solve it, especially after a lot of thought.
He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking research.
經過多年的努力研究,他終於找到了破解這個系統的辦法。
If someone cracks, they lose control of their emotions or actions because they are under a lot of pressure.
She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack...
她鎮定而且堅強,絕不會垮掉。
I had the conviction Larkin's nerve would crack and he'd squeeze the trigger in a reflex action...
我確信拉金會神經崩潰,他會反射性地扣動扳機。
If your voice cracks when you are speaking or singing, it changes in pitch because you are feeling a strong emotion.
Her voice cracked and she began to cry.
她的聲音變得沙啞,繼而哭了起來。
If you crack a joke, you tell it.
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.
他愛說笑話,喜歡談論啤酒和姑娘。
If you say that something is not all it's cracked up to be, you mean that it is not as good as other people have said it is.
Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
全包旅遊並不總像人們說的那麼好。
1. a long narrow opening
2. a narrow opening;
3. a long narrow depression in a surface
4. a sudden sharp noise;
5. a chance to do something;
6. witty remark
7. a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;
8. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
9. a usually brief attempt;
10. the act of cracking something
1. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
2. make a very sharp explosive sound;
3. make a sharp sound;
4. hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
5. pass through (a barrier);
6. break partially but keep its integrity;
7. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;
8. suffer a nervous breakdown
9. tell spontaneously;
10. cause to become cracked;
11. reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
12. break into simpler molecules by means of heat;
1. of the highest quality;
break, burst, crack, crush, fracture, shatter, smash
這些動詞均含"打破,弄碎"之意。
crack a book
(北美,非正式)研讀;學習
crack a bottle
開瓶(尤指開葡萄酒的酒瓶)喝酒
crack a crib
(英,古,非正式)破門而入
crack of dawn
黎明;拂曉
crack of doom
世界末日的霹靂
crack of the whip
(英,非正式)嘗試機會;參與機會
cracked up to be
(非正式)斷定(指對某人某事某物的優點誇大地宣揚)
crack wise
(北美,非正式)開玩笑;說笑話
crack down
嚴厲取締:採取嚴厲措施來規定、抑制或約束
get cracking
(非正式)積極迅速地行動
slip (或 fall) through the cracks
(北美)。 同 slip through the net (見 net)
crack down on
(非正式)採取嚴厲措施;嚴厲打擊
crack on
(非正式)快速前進;迅速進步
crack up 【非正式用語】
高度讚揚
撞車:在事故中撞毀一輛汽車
崩潰:在精神上或體力上的崩潰
大笑:經歷或使經歷極大的快樂
For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她溫文爾雅的外表第一次露出破綻.
Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.
任何投手在緊張的比賽中都可能會失常.
The chandelier hit the floor with a crack.
枝形吊燈啪的一聲掉在了地板上.
Please open the train [ car ] window a bit [ crack ; fraction ] .
請把這 車窗 開啟一點點.
He avoided stepping on the crack in the sidewalk.
他避免踩到人行道的裂縫上.