crank
n. [機]曲柄; 妙語,奇想; 〈美俚〉想法古怪的人; 〈口〉脾氣乖戾的人
vt. 轉動曲柄移動; 使彎曲; 給…裝上用於轉動的曲柄; 轉動曲柄開動(引擎)
If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...
首相稱馬歇爾議員為“怪人”。
He looked like a crank.
他看上去像個怪人。
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.
司機下車用曲柄去發動汽車。
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
尤指機械快速地製造
crank up
轉動曲柄似地使…開始
使增大,使增強:在體積或強度上使…增強
He was called a crank at first.
一開始他被叫做思想怪異者.
He is just a crank. His ideas are insane.
他只是一個瘋子, 他的想法都很瘋狂.
Take the crank deflection of main engine.
測量主機的拐擋差.
Engine crank tachometer provide VTEC control function.
發動機曲軸轉數表提供VTEC控制 功能.
My car's so old that I have to crank it.
我的車太舊了,我只好轉動曲柄來發動它.