crank
曲柄,曲轴,曲柄机,曲柄柄
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Definitions
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- : Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- : Informal. an ill-tempered, grouchy person.
- : an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause.
- : an eccentric or whimsical notion.
- : a strikingly clever turn of speech or play on words.
- : Archaic. a bend; turn.
- : Slang. the nasal decongestant propylhexedrine, used illicitly for its euphoric effects.
- : Automotive Slang. a crankshaft.
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- : to bend into or make in the shape of a crank.
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Examples
Whereas an oven set to bake — even cranked up to 500 degrees — tends to slightly steam watery vegetables or cuts of meat coated in a marinade before the food starts to brown, a broiler comes in hot and fast, crisping as soon as the flames appear.
Demands quickly flip from how high to crank your hill to how honest you’re willing to be with yourself to how thankful you are.
It unveiled itself to us really as we started cranking on the numbers.
Additional snow showers may develop as the storm off the Mid-Atlantic coast cranks up.
Shooters can choose whether they prefer to optimize the finder for detail by maximizing the resolution or cranking up the refresh rate in order to get smoother motion when composing shots.
After passing through an iron door with a round crank, a small blueprint marks the official entrance into the secret shelter.
The wonderful reign of Queen Elizabeth has everyone worried about what will happen when her crank of a son takes the throne.
Before the marriage it was already obvious that he was a bit of a crank.
This being a manifesto, there are a few moments when Almond sounds like a self-righteous crank.
I belong to the “Soccer Hater” demographic – middle-aged Republican crank with long, blonde hair and a great pair of gams.
But our first care was to ballast the sloop, for without it she was so crank as to be unseaworthy.
Inside the box was one of those little, old-fashioned Swiss music boxes, and May was industriously turning the .