craning

英 [ˈkreɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˈkreɪnɪŋ]

v.  (为看得更清楚而)探着身子; 伸长(脖子)
crane的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 起重机;吊车
  Acraneis a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
  1. The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
     那间用预制板搭建的小棚屋被一辆大型起重机吊走了。
• 鹤
  Acraneis a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs.
• VERB (为看或听得更清楚)伸长(脖子)，探(头)
  If youcraneyour neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better.
  1. She craned her neck to get a better view...
     她伸长脖子想看得更清楚些。
  2. Children craned to get close to him...
     孩子们探着身子想靠近他。
  3. She craned forward to look at me.
     她向前探出身子看着我。

双语例句

• As the swimming races got off to an exciting start below, she could be seen craning her neck to try and get a better view over Mrs Whitehead.
  看台下，游泳比赛如火如荼地开始了，而她只能伸着脖子，试图避开怀特海德夫人看得更清楚些。
• That you weren't craning a little to see?
  说你不想伸长脖子看一眼？
• They showed me the hidden things silence revealed: a pheasant craning its neck to spy on us from a thicket, a crow hopping from branch to branch, a raccoon snoring in its den.
  他们指给我那些原本隐藏起来、却被寂静暴露了的东西：一头野鸡从灌木丛中伸长脖子打探我们，一只乌鸦在树枝间跳来跳去，一只浣熊在窝里打鼾。
• Design and analysis on special-purpose craning structure for installing large-scale thermal generating set
  大型火力发电机组吊装专用起重架构的设计与分析
• There was a general craning of necks as the jewel in the white shirt front sparkled and the cab moved off.
  大家都伸长了脖子，看着那白衬衫前襟上闪闪发亮的宝石，目送着马车离去。
• He paused again, craning his head forward.
  他又停了下来，把头向前探。
• Mike was craning his neck to get the first glimpse of the car.
  迈克伸长脖子，想第一眼看到这辆车子。
• Lowering its head and craning its neck, it bursts into a wild gallop.
  它反而更低地向前伸着头，开始狂奔。
• Where would you-advise me to go for this craning vacation?
  你说这次休假我去哪儿好？
• You just don't know where the others have been, she says, craning her neck towards the window.
  你就是不知道其他人去过哪里，她一边说，一边将脖子伸出窗外。