| 释义 |
crank1/kræŋk/ n. & v.●n. 1 part of an axle or shaft bent at right angles for interconverting reciprocal and circular motion (将往复运动转换为循环运动的)曲柄，曲轴 2 an elbow-shaped connection in bell-hanging (悬挂钟表用的)肘形连接物 ●v. tr. 1 cause to move by means of a crank 用曲柄启动 2a bend into a crank-shape 把…弯成曲柄状 b furnish or fasten with a crank 给…装上曲柄 □ crank up 1 start (a car engine) by turning a crank 用曲柄启动(汽车发动机) 2 colloq. increase (speed etc.) by intensive effort [口]加快…的速度 [Old English cranc, apparently from crincan, related to cringan ‘fall in battle’, originally ‘curl up’] |