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| 1 | C a line on a surface where something is beginning to break apart 裂纹；裂缝 |
| Many old buildings have cracks in their walls. 许多旧建筑物的墙上都有裂缝。 |
| hairline crack (=an extremely thin crack) Hairline cracks appear in the paint when it dries too quickly. 毛细裂纹 |
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| 2 | C a narrow opening between two things or parts of things 缝隙 |
| She peered out through the crack in the curtains. 她透过窗帘的缝隙往外看。 |
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| 3 | C a sign that an organization , relationship , or plan is weak or beginning to fail （组织、关系或计划的）缺陷，瑕疵，衰败的迹象 |
| events which deepened the cracks in the monarchy 加深君主制裂痕的事件 |
| cracks start to appear (in sth) After only a year cracks started to appear in their marriage. 仅仅一年以后，他们的婚姻就开始出现了裂痕。 |
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| 4 | C a short sudden loud noise like a small explosion 噼啪声；爆裂声；轰响 |
| the sharp crack of a single gunshot 一声清脆的枪声 |
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| 5 | C informal a hard hit on a part of your body 猛击 |
| He’ s had a nasty crack on the head. 他的头撞得很严重。 |
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| 6 | C informal an attempt to do something 尝试 |
| have/take a crack at (doing) sth We thought we’ d have a crack at running our own business. 我想我们会尝试开办我们自己的企业。 |
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| 7 | C informal a rude or insulting joke about someone or something 粗鲁（或侮辱性）的笑话 |
| Some of the students were making cracks about her appearance. 一些学生拿她的长相开玩笑。 |
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| 8 | crack U a pure form of the illegal drug cocaine 强效可卡因 |
| crack addicts 嗜强效可卡因者 |
| 9another spelling ofcraic单词craic的另一种拼法 |
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| - | at the crack of dawn
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| extremely early in the morning |
| 拂晓 |
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| I was up at the crack of dawn trying to finish my essay. 我直到天蒙蒙亮还没睡，想把论文写完。 |
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| - | a fair crack of the whip BRITISH informal
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| an opportunity to do something or succeed at something |
| 做事（或成功）的机会 |
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| - | slip/fall through the cracks
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| to not be dealt with by a system that is designed to help you or stop you doing something |
| 遭遗漏；被遗忘 |
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| - | what’ s the crack? BRITISH informal
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| used for asking someone what is happening or what has happened recently |
| 怎么了？最近发生了什么事？ |
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