crack
verb/kræk/
/kræk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they crack | /kræk/ /kræk/ |
| he / she / it cracks | /kræks/ /kræks/ |
| past simple cracked | /krækt/ /krækt/ |
| past participle cracked | /krækt/ /krækt/ |
| -ing form cracking | /ˈkrækɪŋ/ /ˈkrækɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to break without dividing into separate parts; to break something in this way
破裂；裂开；断裂 - The ice cracked as I stepped onto it.
我一踩冰就裂了。 - crack something He has cracked a bone in his arm.
他的手臂有一处骨裂。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryb2- The dish had cracked quite badly.
盘子裂得相当厉害。 - The leather/mud/paint/plaster had cracked.
皮革／泥／油漆／灰泥已开裂。
- The ice cracked as I stepped onto it.
- [intransitive, transitive] to break open or into pieces; to break something in this way
砸开；破开；砸碎；打碎 - + adv./prep. A chunk of the cliff had cracked off in a storm.
悬崖上的一块石头在暴风雨中崩塌下来。 - (figurative) His face cracked into a smile.
他脸上绽放了微笑。 - crack something to crack a nut
把坚果砸开 - crack something + adv./prep. She cracked an egg into the pan.
她往锅里打了一个鸡蛋。
- + adv./prep. A chunk of the cliff had cracked off in a storm.
- [transitive] crack something/somebody (on/against something) to hit something/somebody in a short hard manner
重击；猛击 - I cracked my head on the low ceiling.
我的头撞上了低矮的天花板。 - He cracked me on the head with a ruler.
他用尺子猛击我的头部。
Extra Examples- He stood up suddenly, cracking his head on the low ceiling.
他猛地站起身，头撞上了低矮的天花板。 - As I leapt up, I cracked my skull on a beam and passed out.
当我跳起来时，我的头骨被横梁撞裂了，然后就昏了过去。
- I cracked my head on the low ceiling.
- [intransitive, transitive] to make a sharp sound; to make something do this
（使）发出爆裂声，噼啪作响 - A shot cracked across the ridge.
一颗炮弹飞过山脊爆炸了。 - [no passive] crack something He cracked his whip and galloped away.
他抽响鞭子，策马飞奔而去。
- A shot cracked across the ridge.
- [intransitive] if your voice cracks, it changes in depth, volume, etc. suddenly and in a way that you cannot control
（突然）变嘶哑，变沙哑 - In a voice cracking with emotion, he told us of his son's death.
他悲恸失声地告诉我们他儿子去世的消息。
- In a voice cracking with emotion, he told us of his son's death.
- [intransitive] to no longer be able to function normally because of pressure
（因压力而）吃不消，崩溃，瓦解 - Things are terrible at work and people are cracking under the strain.
工作情况很糟糕，人们因过度紧张越来越吃不消了。 - They questioned him for days before he cracked.
他们审讯他多日后他就垮掉了。 - The old institutions are cracking.
旧的制度正在瓦解。
Extra Examples- He is under a lot of pressure but is showing no signs of cracking.
他的压力很大，但还没看出他吃不消。 - The stresses of her job became too great and she finally cracked.
她工作压力变得太过巨大，最终精神崩溃了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- finally
- up
- …
- crack under the pressure
- crack under the strain
- show signs of cracking
- …
- hard
- on
- Things are terrible at work and people are cracking under the strain.
- [transitive] crack something to find the solution to a problem, etc; to find the way to do something difficult
找到解决（难题等的）方法 - to crack the enemy’s code
破译敌人的密码 - (informal) After a year in this job I think I've got it cracked!
干了一年后，我觉得我已知道怎样做这项工作了！
Extra Examples- ‘How's the investigation going?’ ‘I think we've cracked it.’
“调查工作进展如何？”“我认为我们已经查明真相。” - A team of experts finally cracked the code.
一组专家终于破译了这个密码。 - We need some more solid evidence if we're going to crack the case.
如果我们要破案的话，我们需要一些更确凿的证据。
- to crack the enemy’s code
- [transitive] crack something to find a way of stopping or defeating a criminal or an enemy
阻止，打击，击败，战胜（罪犯或敌人） - Police have cracked a major drugs ring.
警方破获了一个大贩毒集团。
- Police have cracked a major drugs ring.
- [transitive] crack (open) a bottle (informal) to open a bottle, especially of wine, and drink it
开瓶；（尤指）开瓶饮酒 - [transitive] crack a joke (informal) to tell a joke
说（笑话）；开（玩笑）
break
hit
make sound
of voice
under pressure
find solution
stop somebody/something
open bottle
a joke
Word OriginOld English cracian ‘make an explosive noise’; of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraken and German krachen. Sense (8) of the noun is from Irish craic ‘entertaining conversation’.
Idioms
crack the whip
- to use your authority or power to make somebody work very hard, usually by treating them in a strict way
压迫；役使
crack wise
- (informal) to make jokes
充满智慧的；明智的；英明的；明察善断的 - This entertainer can crack wise with the best of them.
这位艺人可以与他们中最优秀的人打交道。
- This entertainer can crack wise with the best of them.
get cracking
- (informal) to begin immediately and work quickly
立即大干起来 - There's a lot to be done, so let's get cracking.
要做的工作很多，咱们马上就干吧。
- There's a lot to be done, so let's get cracking.
a hard/tough nut (to crack)
- a difficult problem or situation to deal with
棘手的问题；不好对付的情形
not all, everything, etc. somebody’s cracked up to be
- (informal) not as good as people say
不像人们说的那么好 - He's not nearly such a good writer as he's cracked up to be.
他远不是人们所说的那种优秀作家。
- He's not nearly such a good writer as he's cracked up to be.
use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- to use more force than is necessary
抡着大锤砸核桃；杀鸡用牛刀
