cranks

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n.  (想法)古怪的人; 脾气坏的人; 容易恼怒的人; (L字形)曲柄，曲轴
v.  用曲柄转动(或启动)
crank的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 想法(或行为)古怪的人
  If you call someone acrank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  1. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...
     首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。
  2. He looked like a crank.
     他看上去像个怪人。
• 曲柄;曲轴
  Acrankis a device that you turn in order to make something move.
• VERB (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)
  If youcrankan engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
  1. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
     司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

双语例句

• Experts say it seems to boost estrogen levels, which in some cases cranks up cancer risks.
  专家说，这似乎刺激雌激素的水平，在某些情况下，曲柄了癌症的风险。
• This paper, according to calculation and analysis, carried on a entire design of new planetary gear reducer with few tooth difference driven double cranks with method of virtual design and made an finite element analysis of the important parts.
  本文利用虚拟设计方法，在计算分析的基础上对创新构想的新型双曲柄少齿差行星减速机进行了整机设计，并对重要的零部件进行了有限元分析。
• Cranks are important parts in a car body.
  曲臂是车体中的重要零件。
• Instead, Sanrio simply cranks the product handle, agreeing to license almost anything as long as it does not tarnish the cute and friendly image.
  相反，公司在产品问题上出的也是怪招，只要不给小猫可爱友好的形象抹黑，任何产品公司都答应给予使用授权。
• But if he cranks it up all the way to level 3 then its time to panic. This is the official Government-sanctioned rate that must be used for all taxi rides following a nuclear explosion.
  但是如果司机把标准升到水平3的话，这时候你要感到恐惧才对。因为水平3是政府制定的标准，而这种标准只有在核爆炸的情况下才会被应用。
• One of the things you find when your intuitiveness cranks up a level is that you begin to make better decisions.
  你的东西时，发现其中一个级别的直觉曲柄就是你开始作出更好的决策。
• There are cranks and pulleys, beltings tight or slack
  有曲杆与滑车，还有皮带或紧或松
• She cranks up the Vanetian Blinds. I stare at the filmy white curtain, willing it to flutter.
  她把百叶窗拉了起来，于是我就一向谛视着朦胧的白窗帘，期待它的飘动。
• The electric system does several jobs. It cranks the engine for starting. It supplies the high-voltage surges that ignite the compressed air-fuel mixture in the combustion chambers.
  电气系统有几项作用：启动发动机；提供高压电脉冲点燃燃烧室中空气和燃油的高压混合气。
• The rational choice of the figure of the small cranks and the position relatively are confirmed.
  确定了小曲柄数目的合理选择及其相对分布位置。