Crank

[kræŋk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle.

(verb.) bend into the shape of a crank.

(verb.) fasten with a crank.

(verb.) rotate with a crank.

(verb.) start by cranking; 'crank up the engine'.

(adj.) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail .

埃尔韦拉錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

(n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

(n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

(n.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

(n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.

(n.) A sick person; an invalid.

(n.) Sick; infirm.

(n.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

(n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

(n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

乔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Easy to be overset.

編輯:帕特里克

解釋/意思:

adj. brisk: merry.

n. a crook or bend: a conceit in speech: a whim: (mach.) a lever or arm on a shaft driven by hand or by a connecting-rod its object being to convert reciprocating motion into rotary motion.—v.i. to move in a zizag manner.—v.t. to shape like a crank: to provide with a crank.—adj. crooked: crabbed: loose or slack.—adv. Crank′ily.—n. Crank′iness.—adj. Crank′y crooked: infirm: full of whims: cross.

adj. (naut.) liable to be upset—n. Crank′ness liability to be upset.

校對:菲利斯