crank

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋk/|[ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋk/|[ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ailment, ache. dialectal
  2. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
    — I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
  3. An ill-tempered or nasty person. informal
    — Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
  4. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.; Clipping of crankshaft. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  5. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
    — Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
  6. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
  7. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. archaic
    — So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
  8. A fit of temper or passion.
    — Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks.
  9. Synonym of methamphetamine. US,slang
    — Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
  10. A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways. UK,dated,informal
    — John is a crank because he talks to himself.
  11. A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word. rare
    — Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles,
  12. An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories. informal
    — That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.
  13. The penis. slang
    — It was going to be hard not to blow with a girl like her sucking on his crank.
  14. A baseball fan. archaic,slang
  15. A sick person; an invalid. obsolete
    — Thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater.
动词 v.
  1. To turn by means of a crank. transitive
    — Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.
  2. To turn a crank. intransitive
    — He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
  3. To turn. intransitive
    — He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
  4. To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank. transitive
    — I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over
  5. To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining. intransitive
    — Quit cranking about your spilt milk!
  6. To be running at a high level of output or effort. intransitive
    — By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.
  7. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. dated,intransitive
    — See how this river comes me cranking in.
形容词 adj.
  1. Hard; difficult. dialectal
  2. Strange; weird; odd. informal
  3. Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair. dialectal
  4. Sick; unwell.
  5. Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
    — This ship is so crank and walty I fear our grave she will be!
  6. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
    — He who was a little before bedred[…]was now cranke and lustie.

词形变化

cranker comparative crankest superlative cranks plural cranks plural cranks present,singular,third-person cranking participle,present cranked participle,past cranked past crunk dialectal,participle,past crunk dialectal,past

词汇关系

衍生词
crankish crankism crank letter crankness cranksome yank one's crank

词源

词源 1
From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).
词源 2
From Middle English crank, cronk, from a shortening of Old English crancstæf (“weaving tool, crank”, literally “bent or crooked staff”), the first element ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.
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