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单词 to crank down
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to crank down
a. To bend in the shape of a crank, i.e. with two (or four) right angles; to make crankshaped. (Also, to crank down.)
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the world > space > shape > angularity > make angular or furnish with angles or corners [verb (transitive)] > bend at an angle
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1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 197 Each end was also cranked about an inch, so as to set the transverse part of the bars, clear of the copper sash frame.
1834 N. W. Cundy Inland Transit (ed. 2) 56 The axle of the greater wheels is cranked.
1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 ii. 349 An excellent specimen of the low-chested cart, obtained by cranking down the axles.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 138 Tools are often cranked..without any idea of the object to be gained.
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