Crackle

['kræk(ə)l] or ['krækl]

解释:

(noun.) glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.

(noun.) the sharp sound of snapping noises.

(verb.) to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; 'The blazing sun crackled the desert sand'.

(adj.) having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; 'a crackle glaze' .

编辑:马里奥--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

(n.) The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

(n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.

(n.) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

编辑:马克斯

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Decrepitate, crepitate, snap.

埃莉诺校对

解释:

v.i. to give out slight but frequent cracks.—n. the giving out of slight cracks.—ns. Crack′lin a kind of china-ware purposely cracked in the kiln as an ornament; Crack′ling the rind of roast pork: (pl.) skinny parts of suet without tallow: three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College Cambridge.—adj. Crack′ly brittle.—n. Crack′nel a light brittle biscuit: (pl.) pieces of fat pork fried crisp.

录入:玛莎