crackle

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
    — I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.
  2. A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
    — The Chinese attach great value to their crackle, which, though it looks like damaged glaze, is produced by art; […].
  3. The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
  4. Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”).
    — By the look on my face I must have anticipated the joy of the crackle, apparently having come to look forward to the roast pig that appeared only at gatherings such as this. I bet I asked for another piece once I was done.
动词 v.
  1. To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping. intransitive
    — a crackling fire
  2. To be full of tension or emotion. figuratively,intransitive
    — The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy.

词形变化

crackles plural crackles present,singular,third-person crackling participle,present crackled participle,past crackled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack + -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
词源 2
From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack + -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
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