释义 |
cracklecrack‧le /ˈkrækəl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] crackleOrigin: 1500-1600 crack VERB TABLEcrackle |
Present | it | crackles | Present | | crackle | Past | it, they | crackled | Present perfect | they | have crackled | | it | has crackled | Past perfect | it, they | had crackled | Future | it, they | will crackle | Future perfect | it, they | will have crackled |
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Present | they | are crackling | | it | is crackling | Past | they | were crackling | | it | was crackling | Present perfect | they | have been crackling | | it | has been crackling | Past perfect | it, they | had been crackling | Future | it, they | will be crackling | Future perfect | it, they | will have been crackling |
- A log crackled on the fire.
- In the living-room, a huge fire was crackling away.
- There was a fire crackling in the big fireplace.
- Welcome to St. Petersburg, a voice crackled over the intercom.
- He put logs on the fire and the flames crackled up.
- He was silent for some time, as the fire crackled.
- His radio crackles back with nothing but static.
- It crackled for a moment and then fell silent.
- Singed needles only add to the celebration because they crackle like sparklers and give off the pungent aroma of the evergreen woods.
- The logs in the Adam-style open fireplace crackled.
- The story of the Unabomber crackles with the raw mystery and tension of a cops-and-robbers potboiler.
- The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat.
sounds made by something burning or cooking► crackle if a fire or something burning in a fire crackles , it makes a repeated sharp sound: · A log crackled on the fire.· In the living-room, a huge fire was crackling away. ► sizzle to produce the continuous sound that is made, for example by food being cooked in very hot oil: · Bacon was sizzling in the frying pan.· It was so hot that the water just sizzled and evaporated. ► COLOURS & SOUNDSablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun to make repeated short sounds like something burning in a fire: logs crackling on the fire An announcement crackled over the tannoy.—crackle noun [countable]—crackly adjective |