| 释义 |
Noun: cracking kraking- A sudden sharp noise
"he heard the cracking of the ice"
- crack, snap - The act of cracking something
- fracture, crack - The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
Adjective: cracking kraking- Very good
- bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, grouse [Austral, NZ], ripper [Austral]
Verb: crack krak- Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The glass cracked when it was heated"
- check, break - Make a very sharp explosive sound
"His gun cracked" - Make a sharp sound
- snap - Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" - Pass through (a barrier)
"Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
- break through - Break partially but keep its integrity
"The glass cracked" - Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- snap - Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
"she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" - Suffer a nervous breakdown
- crack up, crock up, break up, collapse - Tell spontaneously
"crack a joke" - Cause to become cracked
"heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" - Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- Break into simpler molecules by means of heat
"The petroleum cracked"
Derived forms: crackings See also: cracker, good Type of: alter, break, break down, break in, break up, breakage, breaking, change, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, come apart, decompose, fall apart, get, go, go across, go through, have, hit, modify, narrate, noise, pass, recite, recount, separate, sound, split up, suffer, sustain, tell Encyclopedia: Crack Cracking |