| 单词 | crane |
| 释义 | Word Frequency crane(kreɪn) noun 1. any large long-necked long-legged wading bird of the family Gruidae, inhabiting marshes and plains in most parts of the world except South America, New Zealand, and Indonesia: order Gruiformes See also demoiselle (sense 1), whooping crane 2. (not in ornithological use) any similar bird, such as a heron 3. a device for lifting and moving heavy objects, typically consisting of a moving boom, beam, or gantry from which lifting gear is suspended See also gantry 4. cinema a large trolley carrying a boom, on the end of which is mounted a camera verb 5. (transitive) to lift or move (an object) by or as if by a crane 6. to stretch out (esp the neck), as to see over other people's heads 7. (intransitive) (of a horse) to pull up short before a jump Word origin Old English cran; related to Middle High German krane, Latin grūs, Greek géranosWord Frequency Crane(kreɪn) noun 1. (Harold) Hart. 1899–1932, US poet; author of The Bridge (1930) 2. Stephen. 1871–1900, US novelist and short-story writer, noted particularly for his novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) 3. Walter. 1845–1915, British painter, illustrator of children's books, and designer of textiles and wallpaper |
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