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BNC: 18797 COCA: 8650

crank

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Related topics: Daily life, Technology
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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4. BAD-TEMPERED American EnglishAmE informal someone who easily gets angry or annoyed with people 脾气坏的人
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Related topics: Mechanical
crank2 (also crank up) verb [transitiveT]  
1TEMto 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。
2crank 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。
3crank 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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Origin crank1
Old English cranc
crank1 nouncrank2 verb
Chinese
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BNC: 18797 COCA: 8650
BNC: 18797 COCA: 8650
BNC: 18797 COCA: 8650
crank
Crazy person: nutjob, madman, lunatic...
Silly behaviour: antics, frivolity, crank...

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