| 单词 | crack |
| 释义 | crack I. intransitive verb 1. < wood cracking in a fire > < his high yell of laughter cracked out when he thought of something funny — Virginia D. Dawson & Betty D. Wilson > 2. < the ropes cracked under pressure > : open in chinks 3. a. chiefly Scotland b. now dialect 4. a. < his reserve cracked > < any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game > — often used with up < if he doesn't rest he'll crack up completely > b. < his voice cracked > c. < he cracked up taking a curve > 5. a. (1) (2) archaic b. < get cracking > 6. a. of chemical compounds b. of an emulsion 7. of hot syrup transitive verb 1. a. < crack a nut > b. < the fall cracked the cup across the bottom > < the storm broke a dozen windowpanes and cracked many others > 2. a. < crack a jest > < crack a joke > b. < the car wasn't all the dealer cracked it up to be > < he cracked up Whitehead to the stars — H.J.Laski > 3. < crack a person over the head > 4. < he liked everything about this convoy: he liked its air of purpose as it cracked on speed — Nicholas Monsarrat > 5. a. < crack a fifth > b. < crack an enemy code > < crack a garbled message > < crack a crime syndicate wide open > < crack the logic of an argument > c. < crack a safe > specifically Britain d. < crack a door > < crack a window > < crack a throttle > < crack a valve > e. < it has been extremely difficult … for foreign artists … to crack the Parisian art front without going there to live — J.T.Soby > f. < crack a physics text > < several students were up … cracking the books beyond midnight — Jack Edison > 6. a. < crack a bat > < crack an opponent's courage > — often used with up < crack a new car up > b. c. < worry had cracked his otherwise expansive personality > d. < his criticism cracked our complacency > 7. < crack one's knuckles > 8. a. (1) (2) < cracked gasoline > b. 9. a. in contract bridge b. in poker < crack the pot > Synonyms: see break • - crack a smile - crack the whip - crack wise II. 1. a. < a crack of thunder > < the crack of trumpets > < the crack of a cannon > — often used interjectionally b. < the jug hit the floor with a terrible crack > < the chair went over with a crack > < the crack of a rifle > — often used interjectionally < crack! went the whip > c. 2. a. now dialect Britain b. chiefly dialect Britain (1) (2) (3) cracks plural c. < Washington was not famous for saying funny things but sometimes he got off a crack that was widely appreciated — Roger Butterfield > 3. a. < a windowpane full of cracks > < trip over a crack in the ice > b. < you can leave the outer door open a crack so you can hear if anyone comes — John Steinbeck > c. 4. a. < a crack in a person's mind > < little rifts and cracks … in the whole bland, ecclesiastical facade of Victorian England — C.D.Lewis > b. < the cracks who … interest themselves … in every sensational murder case — D.L.Champion > 5. obsolete 6. slang Britain < Australia sent a couple of cracks to defend the trophy > 7. archaic 8. < I'll be there in a crack > < at the crack of dawn > 9. a. archaic b. < a successful crack > 10. < a crack on the head > 11. < get rid of a job at one crack > < he said he didn't know how to swim but would take a crack at it > 12. 13. Synonyms: < a crack in a pane of glass > < cracks in the parched mud > fissure usually indicates a narrow opening of some depth as a result of some rending or breaking force < a fissure in the stone floor, like a crack in china, which was plastered up with clay — Willa Cather > crevice indicates an opening like a fissure but less strongly suggests forceful recent cleavage and may lend itself to use in situations involving accumulation, deposit, growth, or concealment within < the cross formed by snow in the crevices of the rock > < intolerance can always find some crevice in the administration of the law — Zechariah Chafee > chink suggests a space or hole, often a slit, permitting one to see through or to utilize in escape, evasion, or deft attack < I felt as if I had slipped through some chink in the veil of the past and become a medieval student — John Buchan > < Republicans … had independently been studying the Truman armor for new chinks — Atlantic > cleft suggests a V-shaped indention, as though made with a splitting wedge, in some formation < Dover, an English seaport … occupies a wide cleft in the chalk hills formed by the valley of the river Don — Chambers's Encyc. > cranny suggests a slit, niche, or recess, often one in a wall or enclosed structure and often small and easy to overlook < they explored every nook and cranny of the West, seeking out passes through mountain barriers — R.A.Billington > Synonym: see in addition joke. III. < a crack ship > < a crack tennis player > < a crack regiment > < crack maintenance and cargo specialists — B.M.Bowie > IV. < crack cocaine > |
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