cranks

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n.  (想法)古怪的人; 脾气坏的人; 容易恼怒的人; (L字形)曲柄，曲轴
v.  用曲柄转动(或启动)
crank的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 想法(或行为)古怪的人
  If you call someone acrank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  1. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...
     首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。
  2. He looked like a crank.
     他看上去像个怪人。
• 曲柄;曲轴
  Acrankis a device that you turn in order to make something move.
• VERB (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)
  If youcrankan engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
  1. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
     司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

双语例句

• There are cranks and pulleys, beltings tight or slack
  有曲杆与滑车，还有皮带或紧或松
• Furthermore, because of its simplicity, a Jhai PC can be powered by a car battery charged with bicycle cranks& thus removing the need for a connection to the grid.
  此外，由于设计简单，Jhai电脑还可以用借助自行车曲柄充电的汽车电池来提供电源&这样就不必连接电网了。
• Cranks are important parts in a car body.
  曲臂是车体中的重要零件。
• Engine cranks, but will not start no smoke
  引擎能够用曲柄启动，但不能无烟启动
• The dramatic warning cranks up Russian pressure on countries in the Baltic region.
  这一戏剧性的警告加大了俄罗斯对波罗的海各国施加的压力。
• This paper discusses the existing conditions of planar five bar linkages with double cranks.
  对平面五连杆机构曲柄存在条件进行了探讨，并提出了机构类型的判别方法。
• Long cranks and Low gearing for lots of leverage and slow speed.
  龙曲柄和低负债的大量的杠杆和速度缓慢。
• It transmits the force to a bevel gear and from there to a succession of eight spur gears, which move the eight tentacles of the jellyfish via cranks.
  中央驱动器把动力传输到一个锥齿轮上，然后再传给八个连续的直齿轮，直齿轮通过曲柄带动水母上的八个“触角”。
• Experts say it seems to boost estrogen levels, which in some cases cranks up cancer risks.
  专家说，这似乎刺激雌激素的水平，在某些情况下，曲柄了癌症的风险。
• The cranks are hollow, as you'd expect.
  而曲柄本身都是期望中的空心设计。