crack
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they crack | |
| he / she / it cracks | |
| past simple cracked | |
| past participle cracked | |
| -ing form cracking |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to break without dividing into separate parts; to break something in this way 破裂；裂开；断裂 The ice cracked as I stepped onto it. 我一踩冰就裂了。 - crack something
He has cracked a bone in his arm. 他的手臂有一处骨裂。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryb2The dish had cracked quite badly. 盘子裂得相当厉害。 The leather/mud/paint/plaster had cracked. 皮革／泥／油漆／灰泥已开裂。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to break open or into pieces; to break something in this way 砸开；破开；砸碎；打碎 - + adv./prep.
A chunk of the cliff had cracked off in a storm. 悬崖上的一块石头在暴风雨中崩塌下来。 - (figurative)
His face cracked into a smile. 他脸上绽放了微笑。 - crack something
to crack a nut 把坚果砸开 - crack something + adv./prep.
She cracked an egg into the pan. 她往锅里打了一个鸡蛋。
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive] crack something/somebody (on/against something)
to hit something/somebody in a short hard manner 重击；猛击 I cracked my head on the low ceiling. 我的头撞上了低矮的天花板。 He cracked me on the head with a ruler. 他用尺子猛击我的头部。
Extra ExamplesHe stood up suddenly, cracking his head on the low ceiling. 他猛地站起身，头撞上了低矮的天花板。 As I leapt up, I cracked my skull on a beam and passed out. 当我跳起来的时候，我在一根横梁上撞破了脑袋，晕了过去。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make a sharp sound; to make something do this （使）发出爆裂声，噼啪作响 - [intransitive]
if your voice cracks, it changes in depth, volume, etc. suddenly and in a way that you cannot control （突然）变嘶哑，变沙哑 - [intransitive]
to no longer be able to function normally because of pressure （因压力而）吃不消，崩溃，瓦解 Things are terrible at work and people are cracking under the strain. 工作情况很糟糕，人们因过度紧张越来越吃不消了。 They questioned him for days before he cracked. 他们审讯他多日后他就垮掉了。 The old institutions are cracking. 旧的制度正在瓦解。
Extra ExamplesHe is under a lot of pressure but is showing no signs of cracking. 他的压力很大，但还没看出他吃不消。 The stresses of her job became too great and she finally cracked. 她工作压力变得太过巨大，最终精神崩溃了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- finally
- up
- …
- crack under the pressure
- crack under the strain
- show signs of cracking
- …
- hard
- on
- [transitive] crack something
to find the solution to a problem, etc; to find the way to do something difficult 找到解决（难题等的）方法 to crack the enemy’s code 破译敌人的密码 - (informal)
After a year in this job I think I've got it cracked! 干了一年后，我觉得我已知道怎样做这项工作了！
Extra Examples‘How's the investigation going?’ ‘I think we've cracked it.’ “调查工作进展如何？”“我认为我们已经查明真相。” A team of experts finally cracked the code. 一组专家终于破译了这个密码。 We need some more solid evidence if we're going to crack the case. 如果我们要破这个案子，我们需要一些更确凿的证据。
- [transitive] crack something
to find a way of stopping or defeating a criminal or an enemy 阻止，打击，击败，战胜（罪犯或敌人） - [transitive] crack (open) a bottle (informal)
to open a bottle, especially of wine, and drink it 开瓶；（尤指）开瓶饮酒 - [transitive] crack a joke (informal)
to tell a joke 说（笑话）；开（玩笑）
break破裂
hit击中
make sound发出声音
of voice嗓音
under pressure在压力下
find solution找到解决方法
stop somebody/something阻止
open bottle开瓶
a joke玩笑
Word OriginOld English cracian ‘make an explosive noise’; of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraken and German krachen. Sense (8) of the noun is from Irish craic ‘entertaining conversation’.
Idioms
crack the whip
to use your authority or power to make somebody work very hard, usually by treating them in a strict way 压迫；役使
crack wise
- (informal)
to make jokes 说（笑话）；开（玩笑） This entertainer can crack wise with the best of them. 这位艺人能和他们中的佼佼者一起表演。
get cracking
- (informal)
to begin immediately and work quickly 立即大干起来
a hard/tough nut (to crack)
a difficult problem or situation to deal with 棘手的问题；不好对付的情形
not all, everything, etc. somebody’s cracked up to be
use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
to use more force than is necessary 抡着大锤砸核桃；杀鸡用牛刀
