| 单词 | crack |
| 释义 | crackWord family adjectivecrackedcrackerscrackingcrackbrainedcrackjawnouncrackercrackbraincrackerjackcrackheadcrack housecrackpotcracksmanverbcrack Colours & sounds, Crime, Computers crack1 /kræk/ ●●● S2 W2 verb 1 BREAKbreak 断裂 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK to break or to make something break, either so that it gets lines on its surface, or so that it breaks into pieces （使）破裂，（使）裂开 Don’t put boiling water in the glass or it will crack. 不要把沸水倒进这个玻璃杯里，否则它会破裂的。 Concrete is liable to crack in very cold weather. 在严寒的天气条件下混凝土可能会开裂。 He picked up a piece of rock and cracked it in half. 他捡起一块石头，把它击碎成两半。 She fell and cracked a bone in her leg. 她摔了一跤，结果一根腿骨骨折。 He cracked a couple of eggs into a pan. ► see thesaurus at break →5 see picture at 见图 damage2 他往平底锅里打了几个鸡蛋。 2 LOUD SOUNDsound 声音 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]C to make a quick loud sound like the sound of something breaking, or to make something do this （使）发爆裂声 Thunder cracked overhead. 雷声在头顶炸响。 He cracked his whip and galloped off. 他甩了个响鞭策马而去。 Dennis rubbed his hands together and cracked his knuckles. 丹尼斯搓着双手，把指关节弄得咯咯响。 3 HIT somethinghit 击打 [transitiveT]HIT to hit someone or something hard 重击；猛击 crack something on something I slipped and cracked my head on the door. 我滑了一跤，头磕在门上。 She cracked him over the head with a hammer. 她用锤子狠狠地砸他的头。 4 LOSE CONTROLnot be able to continue 无法继续 [intransitiveI]MICRAZY to be unable to continue doing something because there is too much pressure and you do not have the mental strength to continue 〔因压力太大而〕崩溃，失控 crack under Some young executives crack under the pressure of having to meet tough sales targets every month. 每月都必须完成艰巨的销售指标让一些年轻的主管压力太大、精神崩溃。 He cracked under interrogation and confessed. 他架不住盘问招供了。 5 VOICEvoice 嗓音 [intransitiveI]EMOTIONAL if your voice cracks, it starts to sound different because you are feeling strong emotions 变嘶哑 His voice cracked slightly as he tried to explain. 他试图解释时声音变得略带沙哑。 6 SOLVEsolve/understand 解决/懂得 [transitiveT] to find the answer to a problem or manage to understand something that is difficult to understand 解决〔难题〕；理解〔费解之事〕 SYN solve I think we’ve cracked the problem of the computer crashing all the time. 我想我们已经解决了电脑总是崩溃的难题。 It took them nearly two months to crack the code. 他们花了将近两个月的时间才破译这个密码。 This new evidence could help detectives to crack the case. 这个新证据可以帮助警探侦破此案。 7 stop SB 阻止某人 [transitiveT] informalDESTROY to stop a person from being successful 阻碍，阻止〔某人成功〕 Political enemies have tried to crack me. 政敌试图打压我。 8. open a safe 打开保险箱STEAL [transitiveT]SCCSTEAL to open a safe illegally in order to steal the things inside it 〔为偷窃〕砸开，撬开〔保险箱〕 9 computer 计算机 [transitiveT] to illegally copy computer software or change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version 破解〔计算机软件〕 You can find out how to crack any kind of software on the web. 你在网上可以找到破解任何软件的办法。 10 crack it British EnglishBrE informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to manage to do something successfully 做成某事 I think we’ve cracked it! 我想我们成功了！ He seems to have got it cracked. 他好像办成此事了。 Examples from the Corpus crack it• A drawback of this fire-setting technique is that it was liable to impair the value of the product by cracking it.• Even some respected well-known all-round big-fish anglers have yet to crack it.• In the absence of mathematical proofs of security, nothing builds confidence in a cryptosystem like sustained attempts to crack it.• The grenade left his grip at almost the same moment as another beam struck him full across the carapace, cracking it.• When Bobbie went on struggling I pushed her head against the floor, wincing at the crack it made.• He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction - and looked straight into Jane's wide eyes. 11 crack a joke JOKEto tell a joke 说笑话 He kept cracking jokes about my appearance. 他老是拿我的长相开玩笑。 Examples from the Corpus crack a joke• And he was clean and tidy now, and civil, and could even crack a joke.• Maxie Carlo must've cracked a joke.• Before tempers flared, Dutriz cracked a joke, and talk returned to the news.• He was relaxed and cracking jokes, despite his ordeal.• Mike and his robots maintain their sanity by cracking jokes during the movie.• They crack jokes, laughing and shouting.• When he cracks a joke or whatever he does in front of the class, he just turn round and laugh.• We all cracked jokes over the intercom and talked about what we were going to do.• I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware. 12 crack a smile to smile, usually only slightly or unwillingly 勉强一笑 Even Mr Motts managed to crack a smile at that joke. 听完那个笑话，连莫茨先生都勉强挤出了一个笑容。 13 crack open a bottle British EnglishBrE informalOPEN to open a bottle of alcohol for drinking 打开一瓶酒 We cracked open a few bottles. 我们打开了几瓶酒。 14 get cracking informalFAST/QUICK to start doing something or going somewhere quickly 抓紧时间 I think we need to get cracking if we’re going to catch this train. 如果我们要赶上这趟火车的话，我想我们得赶紧走。 Examples from the Corpus get cracking• As far as I was concerned, it was time to shake our toes and get cracking.• It was here the Saltwater Fisherman players finally got cracking.• Then get cracking, drop me a line with your suggestions.• Come on! - get cracking. I want this whole house clean by the time I get back.• You'd better get cracking if you want to get to the airport by ten.• When Alf arrives we'll get cracking moving the furniture.• I'm going to the library - I've got to get cracking on this paper.• It's time you got cracking with your homework.• Get cracking you people! I want the whole house cleaned by four o'clock. 15. crack the whip informalWORK HARD to make people work very hard 逼手下人努力工作 Examples from the Corpus crack the whip• As editor, Dorothy likes to crack the whip.• On February 22, Dawson and the others cracked the whip and the vote poured out. 16 something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be informalDISAPPOINTED used to say that something is not as good as people say it is 某事物不像人们说的那么好 PHRASAL VERBS I thought the film was OK, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. 我认为这部电影还可以，但没有人们说的那么好。 17 crack down phrasal verbphr v STRICTto become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved 严厉打击；制裁；镇压 on → crackdown The government is determined to crack down on terrorism. 政府决心打击恐怖主义。 The police are cracking down hard on violent crime. 警方正在严厉打击暴力犯罪。 Examples from the Corpus crack down• Still, the response by state officials to the Mixteco unrest has been to launch negotiations rather than to crack down.• The story shows Lautro to be an unsentimental regulator with the power and will to crack down hard.• A beam cracked down into its sockets.• The immediate trigger for the protest is a parliamentary bill designed to crack down on illegal immigration.• President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity.• His skull cracked down on the steering wheel.• The U. S. Department of Labor has cracked down on wage violations in the past four years. crack on• In the first week of the police crack-down, over 500 car thieves were arrested.• Teachers must crack down on bullying as soon as they become aware of it.• The government has promised to crack down on crime.• Only by cracking down on dealers, can we stop young people getting involved with drugs.• The Athletics Federation plans to crack down on drug and steroid abuse by athletes.• a crack-down on drug dealers• Synod members were under pressure to crack down on gay clergy, who were portrayed as leading lives of wild abandon!• President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity.• The authorities have been reluctant to crack down on pachinko for other reasons as well.• We have to crack down on software pirates.• Davies was eventually caught during a government crack-down on tax evasion.• The authorities are determined to crack down on terrorism.• It is too late to crack down on the oligarchs or seize their ill-gotten gains.• City authorities were quick to crack down on the rioters.• After all, the rangers said they were cracking down on the trade of money for tickets.• Airlines reportedly are cracking down on this thriving but illegal trade.• But a year ago, Putin came to power vowing to crack down on wayward regions. 18 crack into something phrasal verbphr v to secretly enter someone else’s computer system, especially in order to damage the system or steal the information stored on it 侵入，非法进入〔别人的计算机系统〕 → hack A teenager was accused of cracking into the company’s network. 一名少年被指控非法侵入该公司的电脑系统。 Examples from the Corpus crack into • Terence's face went from being startled by his attack to astonishment, then might have cracked into a smile.• She looked through the crack into the hallway.• Fog had slipped through a crack into the ivory tower.• Lightning bolts about a hundred miles away are sending out cracks into the sky of awesome proportion.• When he stepped forward to use the other hand, something cracked into the small of his back, and he stumbled.• All of the eggs were cracked into their bowls. 19 crack on phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal WORK HARDto continue working hard at something in order to finish it 继续努力干 with I need to crack on with my project work this weekend. 这个周末我得赶我的研究性学习课程。 20 crack up phrasal verbphr v informal a) crack (somebody) upCONTROL to laugh a lot at something, or to make someone laugh a lot （使）（某人）捧腹大笑 Everyone in the class just cracked up. 全班哄堂大笑。 She’s so funny. She cracks me up. 她很有趣，逗得我捧腹大笑。 b) CONTROLto become unable to think or behave sensibly because you have too many problems or too much work 吃不消，精神崩溃 I was beginning to think I was cracking up! 我开始觉得我快要精神崩溃了！ Examples from the Corpus crack up• Some people can't cope with the death of a loved one, and simply crack up.• I think Paul's cracking up under the strain of work. crack (somebody) up• It used to crack me up.• The cloud is like a magnet so the water goes through the cracks and goes up.• It nearly cracked me up and he could see what it did to me.• Maintenance men could tell whether a pole - wooden or concrete - is dangerously cracked before shinning up it.• It was funny, he cracked me up last night.• All those crack shits shooting up the streets?• Most of the humor consists of watching Shore crack himself up with his own Valley garble. Examples from the Corpus crack• The international banking system began to crack.• Don't put delicate china in the dishwasher - it may crack.• Harding missed seven weeks of baseball practice after cracking a rib.• Her stiff joints cracked as she got out of her easy chair.• A strong earthquake cracked buildings in northwest China.• A few windows cracked from the heat during the fire.• Mary cracked her knee on the corner of her desk.• Jim cracked his head on the bottom of the bunkbed.• He slipped and cracked his head on the steps.• Freeman cracked his skull in the accident.• Koeman was involved everywhere and cracked in a 35-yard shot which cannoned back off the post after 48 minutes.• It's a tough case but I'm determined to crack it.• A stone hit the windshield and cracked it.• Give Tom a mathematical puzzle and he'll just keep on trying till he cracks it.• Milken's voice cracked on the first word. "Guilty, your honor."• I cracked one of the wine glasses when I was washing it.• From 27 February, eight score draws will no longer be enough to crack open the champagne.• Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.• But forgive him if his voice cracks or he stumbles over a word.• Historians used the Rosetta stone to crack the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics.• Detectives finally cracked the murder case.• This would be the day that I finally cracked the North Shore.• Hold the egg in your hand and gently crack the shell with a knife.• It's the first time the Spartans have cracked the top 20 in the rankings.• Cowboys cracked their whips as they herded cattle.• If I don't get some time off soon, I'll be so stressed I'll crack up.• The sheeting - you know, the polythene sounded like whips cracking when the wind got into it. cracked ... knuckles• Between moves he cracked his knuckles.• He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.• Dennis put his glass down and cracked his knuckles dramatically. crack ... code• Paul used his computer to crack the code and continued as before.• What they must do to achieve that is crack the code that enables them to win the big match. Colours & sounds, Drug culture, Computers crack2 ●●● S3 noun 1 THIN SPACEOPENgap 裂缝 [countableC] a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something 裂缝，缝隙 crack between He squeezed into a crack between two rocks. 他挤入两块岩石之间的缝隙中。 crack in He could see them through a crack in the door. 他能透过门缝看到他们。 She opened the door a crack and peeped into the room. ► see thesaurus at hole →5 see picture at 见图 hole1 她把门打开一条缝，往房间里偷看。 2 BREAKBREAKbreak 断裂 [countableC] a thin line on the surface of something when it is broken but has not actually come apart 裂痕，裂口 crack in There were several small cracks in the glass. 玻璃上有几条细小的裂纹。 3 weakness 缺点 [countableC] a weakness or fault in an idea, system, or organization 〔观点、制度或组织中的〕缺陷，缺点 crack in The cracks in their relationship were starting to show. 他们的关系开始显现裂痕。 The first cracks are beginning to appear in the economic policy. 经济政策开始初现漏洞。 4 sound 声音C [countableC] a sudden loud sound like the sound of a stick being broken 爆裂声，劈啪声 loud/sharp crack There was a sharp crack as the branch broke off. 树枝咔嚓一声折断了。 crack of We could hear the crack of gunfire in the distance. 我们可以听到远处炮火轰鸣。 a crack of thunder 一声炸雷响 5 JOKE/REMARKjoke 玩笑 [countableC] informal a clever joke or rude remark 俏皮话；粗鲁的话 crack about I didn’t like his crack about her being overweight. 我不喜欢他开玩笑说她太胖。 He’s always making cracks about how stupid I am. 他老是开玩笑说我愚蠢。 6 CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYattempt 试图 [countableC] informal an attempt to do something 试图，尝试 SYN shot crack at I’d like a crack at climbing that mountain. 我想试试爬那座山。 The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? 这次比赛人人都可以参加，你为什么不去试试呢？ 7 DRUGdrug 毒品 [uncountableU]MDD an illegal drug that some people take for pleasure 强效可卡因 crack addicts 吸食强效可卡因成瘾的人 8. body 身体 [countableC] informal the space between someone’s buttocks 股沟 9 a crack on the head HITa hard hit on the head 头上的重击 You’ve had a nasty crack on the head and you need to rest. 你的头部遭受重击，需要休息。 10 a crack in somebody’s voice EMOTIONALa change in someone’s voice because they are feeling very upset 〔因情绪激动而引起的〕某人声音的变化 He noticed the crack in her voice as she tried to continue. 他注意到她继续说下去时声音都变了。 Examples from the Corpus a crack in somebody’s voice• He noticed the crack in her voice as she tried to continue. 11 the crack of dawn EARLYvery early in the morning 大清早，黎明，破晓 at the crack of dawn We were up at the crack of dawn. 我们一大清早就起来了。 Examples from the Corpus at the crack of dawn• Farmers are often away at the crack of dawn.• She was up of course, at the crack of dawn and you know, we go eat breakfast and everything so.• We would come in at the crack of dawn, at 7 a. m. every morning.• You didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to work out yardages.• My Dad used to get up at the crack of dawn every Sunday to go fishing.• Get up at the crack of dawn.• On Thanksgiving, Mom always gets up at the crack of dawn to put the turkey into the oven.• He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey, but the kids were up anyway.• She was up at the crack of dawn and often not home until late.• We were woken at the crack of dawn by the pitter patter of seagulls as they pecked for their breakfast. 12. computer 计算机 [countableC] a piece of information or computer code that lets you illegally change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version 〔非法使用正版计算机软件的〕破解信息，破解码 13 a fair crack of the whip British EnglishBrE informal the same chance as other people to do something 均等的机会，平等的机会 They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip. 他们觉得自己没有得到均等的机会。 14. another spelling of craic / craic 的另一种拼法 Examples from the Corpus crack• Cracks began to appear in the facade of their perfect family.• This cup has a crack in it.• Even with the car windows left open a crack, the temperature inside can reach 120 degrees in less than 30 minutes.• But somehow her name had slipped through some bureaucratic crack.• Long chains of tiny craters on Phobos suggest the drainage of regolith into deep cracks that riddle its interior.• There are a few cracks in the plaster.• Of course it would be ideal to have a material in which it was impossible to initiate cracks at all.• Jagged cracks cut across the thick glass arch over the main entryway.• As I hit the floor, I heard a loud crack in my arm.• There was a loud crack of thunder as the storm began.• Goons run rampant; crack is dealt on every corner of the Bronx, and law enforcement is something of a joke.• The X-ray showed several cracks in the bone of her left leg.• The branch broke with a sudden crack.• Then ants would crawl through the cracks in the floor and build a big nest in the middle of the bedroom.• Through the crack under the door I could smell Shelly loud and clear.• The crack in the bedroom wall seems to be widening.• Shirley has been addicted to crack for four years.• Thus mild steel structures, for instance, can generally put up with cracks at least a metre long without breaking. opened ... a crack• But Belle heard the footsteps coming towards her and opened her eyes a crack to see the huge leather shoes next to her.• I crossed the room and opened the door a crack.• The kitchen door opened a crack and a servant, her head bound tightly in blue cloth, peeked into the room.• Spotting a hatch in the far wall, she walked across and gingerly opened it a crack.• But the preacherman had opened up a crack, and got into her greymass.• The oak trunk opened, cracked by the forces of the earth.• Other doors were opened just a crack, just enough to see eyes glowing in the darkness.• As the door to understanding this Wonderland opened a crack, many researchers rushed in. cracks ... appear• It took time for the first cracks to appear.• In hot summer weather this frequently happens and, when drying is rapid, hair cracks appear.• However, if cracks do appear, you should try brushing a mixture of peat or compost and coarse sand into them.• The raft was defective and settlement occurred causing serious cracks to appear in the houses.• But then cracks began to appear again, as Quakers' discipline slipped. loud/sharp crack• I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack.• Sometimes a sharp crack and something falling into darkness.• A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.• The bomb detonated with a sharp crack, sending tiny but razor-sharp pieces of metal into the backs of the gun crews.• The umbrella fell to the floor with a sharp crack of the ferrule on the tile.• Just as they reached it, the hinges surrendered and ripped loose with a loud crack.• And sharp cracks in the distance, which could be ice or trees or could be the earth itself.• We're used to the sharp cracks of lightning and the belch of thunder issuing from the belly of the sky. have a crack• We'd have cracked somebody's head if we'd used them.• Terence's face went from being startled by his attack to astonishment, then might have cracked into a smile.• There was not one timber which did not have cracks and splints.• Luke, however, who was a genius with difficult horses, begged to be allowed to have a crack at her.• I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail.• The consortium's spokesman Chris Rowley claims his group is the only one to have cracked the retuning problem.• We have a crack now and again.• If he had smiled a moment sooner Hicks would have cracked his skull. crack3 adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1 GOOD/EXCELLENTwith a lot of experience and skill 优秀的，经验丰富的，训练有素的 crack troops 精锐部队 a crack regiment 劲旅 a crack sportsman 训练有素的运动员 2. crack shot SHOOTsomeone who is able to shoot a weapon very well and hit the thing they are aiming at 神枪手，神射手 Examples from the Corpus crack shot• And of course the doctor is a crack shot..• Dirk, nearly sixteen, is a crack shot.• A crack shot and a notorious gambler.• The book centres on young blonde Donna, a crack shot with a.45 Magnum. Examples from the Corpus crack• It was undeniably dead. perhaps it had been stunned by a penalty kick from a crack centre-forward.• Like crack cocaine for the soul, Charlie's Angels delivers shameful, addictive, and no doubt tremendously harmful fun.• In recent weeks, drugs squad officers have seized quantities of crack cocaine in Gloucester and Stroud.• A man found at the house, Ronald Lerma, 29, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a crack cocaine pipe.• When he did, the passenger, Jerry Wilson, dropped crack cocaine to the ground.• An attitude, a tattoo and a supply of crack cocaine.• She's an accomplished horse rider and a crack shot. Old English cracian →PHRASAL VERBS1crack2 nouncrack3 adjectiveadj |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。