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

• Cranks are important parts in a car body.
  曲臂是车体中的重要零件。
• Protesters were dismissed as cranks.
  抗议者被当作怪物赶走了。
• Not too long ago much of polite society in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen saw the SNP as a collection of leftish cranks.
  不久以前，爱丁堡、格拉斯哥或阿伯丁上流社会的许多人还把苏格兰民族党视为一群左翼怪人。
• Engine cranks, but will not start no smoke
  引擎能够用曲柄启动，但不能无烟启动
• That anonymity creates a phoney equality, which puts cranks and experts on the same footing. The so-called grain shortage was in most cases fictitious; the clamour about it was raised by landlords, rich peasants and well-to-do middle peasants.
  这样的匿名造成一种把怪人和专家放在同样的地位的虚假的平等。所谓缺粮，大部分是虚假的，是地主、富农以及富裕中农的叫嚣。
• The withdrawal of large circuit breakers shall be facilitated by means of cranks, gears or other devices.
  一位译员把它翻译为：大型断路器应采用曲柄、齿轮或其他装置而易于抽出。
• Instead, Sanrio simply cranks the product handle, agreeing to license almost anything as long as it does not tarnish the cute and friendly image.
  相反，公司在产品问题上出的也是怪招，只要不给小猫可爱友好的形象抹黑，任何产品公司都答应给予使用授权。
• 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。
• The rational choice of the figure of the small cranks and the position relatively are confirmed.
  确定了小曲柄数目的合理选择及其相对分布位置。
• Avoding this condition, we can change the integral cranks gravity center and realize stable equilibrium.
  为避免此种状态的出现，可改变整体曲柄重心，实现稳定平。