crack2 ●●● S3 noun 1 THIN SPACEOPENgap 裂缝 [countableC] a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something 裂缝,缝隙crack between He squeezed into a crack between two rocks. 他挤入两块岩石之间的缝隙中。
crack in He could see them through a crack in the door. 他能透过门缝看到他们。
She opened the door a crack and peeped into the room. 她把门打开一条缝,往房间里偷看。
► see thesaurus at hole →5 see picture at 见图 hole1 2 BREAKBREAKbreak 断裂 [countableC] a thin line on the surface of something when it is broken but has not actually come apart 裂痕,裂口crack in There were several small cracks in the glass. 玻璃上有几条细小的裂纹。
3 weakness 缺点 [countableC] a weakness or fault in an idea, system, or organization 〔观点、制度或组织中的〕缺陷,缺点crack in The cracks in their relationship were starting to show. 他们的关系开始显现裂痕。
The first cracks are beginning to appear in the economic policy. 经济政策开始初现漏洞。
4 sound 声音C [countableC] a sudden loud sound like the sound of a stick being broken 爆裂声,劈啪声loud/sharp crack There was a sharp crack as the branch broke off. 树枝咔嚓一声折断了。
crack of We could hear the crack of gunfire in the distance. 我们可以听到远处炮火轰鸣。
5 JOKE/REMARKjoke 玩笑 [countableC] informal a clever joke or rude remark 俏皮话;粗鲁的话crack about I didn’t like his crack about her being overweight. 我不喜欢他开玩笑说她太胖。
He’s always making cracks about how stupid I am. 他老是开玩笑说我愚蠢。
6 CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYattempt 试图 [countableC] informal an attempt to do something 试图,尝试 SYN shotcrack at I’d like a crack at climbing that mountain. 我想试试爬那座山。
The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? 这次比赛人人都可以参加,你为什么不去试试呢?
7 DRUGdrug 毒品 [uncountableU]MDD an illegal drug that some people take for pleasure 强效可卡因 crack addicts 吸食强效可卡因成瘾的人
8. body 身体 [countableC] informal the space between someone’s buttocks 股沟 9 a crack on the head HITa hard hit on the head 头上的重击 You’ve had a nasty crack on the head and you need to rest. 你的头部遭受重击,需要休息。
10 a crack in somebody’s voice EMOTIONALa change in someone’s voice because they are feeling very upset 〔因情绪激动而引起的〕某人声音的变化 He noticed the crack in her voice as she tried to continue. 他注意到她继续说下去时声音都变了。
11 the crack of dawn EARLYvery early in the morning 大清早,黎明,破晓at the crack of dawn We were up at the crack of dawn. 我们一大清早就起来了。
at the crack of dawn• Farmers are often away at the crack of dawn.• She was up of course, at the crack of dawn and you know, we go eat breakfast and everything so.• We would come in at the crack of dawn, at 7 a. m. every morning.• You didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to work out yardages.• My Dad used to get up at the crack of dawn every Sunday to go fishing.• Get up at the crack of dawn.• On Thanksgiving, Mom always gets up at the crack of dawn to put the turkey into the oven.• He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey, but the kids were up anyway.• She was up at the crack of dawn and often not home until late.• We were woken at the crack of dawn by the pitter patter of seagulls as they pecked for their breakfast. 12. computer 计算机 [countableC] a piece of information or computer code that lets you illegally change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version 〔非法使用正版计算机软件的〕破解信息,破解码
13 a fair crack of the whip British EnglishBrE informal the same chance as other people to do something 均等的机会,平等的机会 They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip. 他们觉得自己没有得到均等的机会。
14. another spelling of craic / craic 的另一种拼法