| 单词 | cracking |
| 释义 | cracking (krækɪŋ ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting. [British, informal] It's a cracking novel. The way both teams play, I think it will be a cracking game. 2. get cracking phrase If you tell someone to get cracking, you are telling them to start doing something immediately. [British, informal] Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better. Vouchers must be redeemed before September 14th so you'd better get cracking to cash in. 3. a cracking pace phrase [PHRASE after verb] If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly. [British, informal, emphasis] She set off at a cracking pace to Mr Ramzan's Superstore. The film belts along at a cracking pace. Idioms: get cracking [informal] to start doing something immediately and quickly I realised that if we got cracking, we could make the last 700 miles to St Lucia within our deadline. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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