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单词 crackle
释义 crack·le
I. \ˈkrakəl\ verb
(crackled ; crackled ; crackling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; crackles)
Etymology: freq. of crack (I)
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make small sharp sudden repeated noises
  < a fire crackling in the hearth >
  < the dry leaves crackled along the walk >
 b. : to be alive (as with animation, enthusiasm, excitement, suspense) : sparkle
  < an anthology that crackles with wit and wisdom — Bennett Cerf >
  < the very air, charged by an invisible generator, crackles with new business — Clifton Fadiman >
2. : to develop a surface network of fine cracks
 < varnish applied over wet paint is likely to crackle >
: become cracked
 < his face was so dry and grimy that he thought he could feel his skin crackle — Stephen Crane >
transitive verb
1. : to crush or crack with a series of sharp snapping noises
 < thrust her hand between a sheaf of loosened papers and crackled them — Rosamond Langbridge >
2. : to detach or curtail (a note or chord) in lute music
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : the noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports
  < the crackle of small arms >
  < the crackle of laughter >
  < the crackle as he folded his newspaper >
 b. : sparkle, effervescence
  < the dry crackle of Yankee wit — Clifton Fadiman >
2.
 a. : a network of fine cracks on an otherwise smooth surface (as on pottery and glassware — compare craze
 b. : a painted surface in which numerous fine cracks have been caused by superimposition of layers which contract differently in the process of drying
3. : crackling 2b
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