| 单词 | crank |
| 释义 | crank (kræŋk ) Word forms: cranks , cranking , cranked 1. countable noun If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. [informal, disapproval] The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'. He looked like a crank. 2. countable noun A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. 3. verb If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. [VERB noun] Phrasal verbs: crank out phrasal verb If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality. [informal, disapproval] In 1933 the studio cranked out fifty-five feature films. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] The writer must have cranked it out in his lunch-hour. [VERB noun PARTICLE] crank up 1. phrasal verb If you crank up a machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level. [British] Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you crank up a machine or device, you start it. [US] ...May's warm weather, which caused people to crank up their air conditioners. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you crank up the volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system. [VERB PARTICLE noun] By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again. [V n P adj] 4. phrasal verb To crank something up means to increase it or make it more intense. [mainly British] The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] The legal authorities cranked up the investigation. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: crank a machine Only as memories faded did the nostalgia machine crank into operation. Times,Sunday Times One of the ways to earn your dues was to crank the machine and collate the sheets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Last winter he put himself through some interesting sessions in indoor nets, facing bowling machines cranked up to 99mph under dimmed lights. Times, Sunday Times However, as you crank the engine, the glow plugs are fed once again, this time directly from the starter motor circuit, bypassing the temperaturesensing switch. Times, Sunday Times It commonly manifested itself in the 1130 variant of the engine, as a difficulty to crank the engine when hot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This version was manually armed, and triggered when someone tried to crank the engine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The external supply of current recharges the vehicle's battery and provides some of the current needed to crank the engine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As global warming loses traction on the public imagination, environmental pressure groups have been cranking the engine on this 'other carbon dioxide problem'. Times, Sunday Times The pedal crank will be above the back wheel, connected by long chains to two sets of gears. Times, Sunday Times To engage the pedals, the left-hand pedal crank could be rotated forward and locked and a drive gear engaged allowing the user to pedal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Try fitting pedal cranks shorter than the standard 170mm. Times, Sunday Times Motorcycles are descended from the safety bicycle, a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank mechanism to drive the rear wheel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this first chainless ebike, which folds down too, the pedals crank an alternator that converts effort into energy and stores it in a battery built into the frame. Times, Sunday Times One of the more soul-destroying and pointless was a variation on the treadmill, which involved the prisoner endlessly having to turn a crank. Times, Sunday Times Otherwise, the pilot had to turn a crank, pull a lever, or do some other task within the 90-second time limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The operator would turn a crank which was connected to gears and finally disks covered with rubber that were in contact with cards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The strap around his neck would balance the organ, leaving one hand free to turn the crank and the other to steady the organ. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do this by turning the cranks backwards and dripping lubricant onto the chain as it comes off the front sprocket. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 怪人, 转动把手发动 Japanese: 変人, クランクを回して始動させる |
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