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crank

noun
/kræŋk/
/kræŋk/
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  1. (disapproving) a person with ideas that other people find strange（想法）古怪的人 synonym eccentric
    • Vegans are no longer dismissed as cranks.素食主义者不再被视为怪人。
    • Everybody famous gets crank calls and letters.每个名人都会收到奇怪的电话和信件。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. (North American English) a person who easily gets angry or annoyed脾气坏的人；容易恼怒的人
    • The old crank next door can’t stand the sound of our lawnmower.隔壁的旧曲柄受不了我们割草机的声音。
  3. a bar and handle in the shape of an L that you pull or turn to produce movement in a machine, etc.（L 字形）曲柄，曲轴
    Topics Engineeringc2
    4. Word Originnoun sense 3 Old English cranc (recorded in crancstæf, denoting a weaver's implement), related to crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle’, of Germanic origin .

crank

verb
/kræŋk/
/kræŋk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crank
/kræŋk/
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he / she / it cranks
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past simple cranked
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past participle cranked
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-ing form cranking
/ˈkræŋkɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. crank something (up) to make something turn or move by using a crank用曲柄转动（或启动）
    • to crank an engine用曲柄发动引擎
    • (figurative) He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.他启动各项改革的时间很有限。
    Topics Engineeringc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCrank is used with these nouns as the object:
    • engine
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    Word Originverb Old English cranc (recorded in crancstæf, denoting a weaver's implement), related to crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle’, of Germanic origin .

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