crank

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crank1 /kræŋk/ noun [countableC]

1. DTa handle on a piece of equipment, that you can turn in order to move something 曲轴，曲柄

2 informalMPSTRANGE someone who has unusual ideas and behaves strangely 怪人

Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but his theories later became very influential.

佐夫起初被看成怪人，但是后来他的理论变得非常有影响力。

3. crank call/letter a telephone call or letter in which someone says annoying things 骚扰电话/骚扰信

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crank call/letter• Anyone who dares defend this breakthrough speaks in hushed tones, fearing crank calls and canceled grants.

4. BAD-TEMPERED American EnglishAmE informal someone who easily gets angry or annoyed with people 脾气坏的人

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crank• You had to be a crank to insist on being right.• Call me a crank, but I think the world was a lot better before mobile phones came along.• He is prepared for sceptics who think he's a crank.• Handles and cranks, architectural facades, and pump housings were cast-iron.• Vegetarians were once regarded as cranks.• Alternatively, the loan of a Proctor flap crank would enable Q6-sized versions to be fabricated.• This was a simple affair worked by one-man-power, just the turning of a large crank.• In addition, Los Angeles has always demonstrated a remarkably high tolerance for spiritual innovators, political cranks, and religious eccentrics.• The reason this cumbersome arrangement was used was because the simple crank had already been patented in 1780.• Many people are unaware of the recall because the bikes can work perfectly before the crank suddenly breaks off.

Related topics: Mechanical

crank2 (also crank up) verb [transitiveT]

1 TEMto make something move by turning a crank 用曲轴启动[转动]

Try cranking the engine.

试试用曲轴发动引擎。

2 crank something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v MAKEto produce a lot of something very quickly 快速大量地制造

He cranked out three novels last year.

去年他写了三本小说。

3 crank something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v informal to make the sound of something, especially music, louder 加大…的音量

We cranked up the volume.

我们把音量调大了。

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crank up• That will crank it up a few more notches.• By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.• She pushed a cart to the bed and cranked it up over his lap.• Some people move away, they get A / C first thing and crank it up to Cold.

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crank• The 1. 8T Quattro would crank just fine, seemingly ready to roll.• The door behind her cranked open.• She pushed a button, cranking the bed to a more upright position.• You crank the engine while I try to connect these wires.• My sisters cranked thoughts like Univacs.• They had it cranked up pretty loud.• That means cranking up right now.• Bringing me glasses of cold nectar is what they would do, and cranking up the air conditioner.• Tam cranked up the top wire and tied it off at the post.• His light is not just a depiction of nature, but nature with the volume cranked up very loud.

Origin crank1

Old English cranc

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