牛津高阶英汉双解词典-txt
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★crackling
/ 5krAklIN; `krAklIN/ n [U] 1 small cracking sounds 轻微爆裂声; 啪声. 2 crisp skin on roast pork (烤猪肉的)脆皮.
★crackle-ware
n [U] china, etc covered with a network of what appear to be tiny cracks 有细碎纹饰的陶瓷器.
★crackpot
/ 5krAkpCt; `krAk9pBt/ n (infml 口) eccentric person with strange or impractical ideas (想法怪异或不 切实际的)怪人, 狂人: [attrib 作定语] crackpot ideas, schemes, etc 异想天开的念头、 计划等.
★cracksman
/ 5krAksmEn; `krAksmEn/ n (pl -men) (dated 旧) burglar 窃贼.
★comb form 构词成分 (forming ns 用以构成名词) government or rule of 统治: democracy * technocracy * bureaucracy. Cf 参看 -crat.
cradle
/ 5kreIdl; `kredl/ n 1 small bed for a baby, usu shaped like a box with curved parts underneath so that it can move from side to side 摇篮: The mother rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle. 母亲摇动摇篮使婴儿入睡. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xvi. 2 ~ of sth (usu sing 通常作单数) (fig 比喻) place where sth begins 发源地; 策源地; 发祥地: Greece, the cradle of Western culture. 希腊, 西方文化的发源地. 3 (a) framework that looks like or is used like a cradle, eg the structure on which a ship rests while it is being repaired or built 形状或用途近似摇篮的框架(如修造船舶时用以支承的托架). (b) platform that can be moved up and down an outside wall by means of ropes and pulleys, used by window-cleaners, painters, etc (擦窗工人、 油漆工人等使用的依靠绳索及滑轮可沿外墙上下移动的)吊架, 吊篮. 4 part of a telephone on which the receiver rests (电话机的)听筒架, 叉簧. 5 (idm 习语) from the ,cradle to the `grave from birth to death 从生到死; 一生.
★cradle
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (in sth) place or hold sb/sth (as if) in a cradle 将某人[某物](如同)置於摇篮中: cradle a child in one's arms, ie hold it gently, esp rocking it from side to side 把孩子抱在怀里轻轻摇晃.
★craft
/ krB:ft; ?@ krAft; krAft/ n 1 [C] occupation, esp one that needs skill in the use of the hands; such a skill or technique 行业; (尤指)手工业; 手艺; 工艺: the potter's craft 陶器业 * teach arts and crafts in a school 在学校里教工艺美术 * He's a master of the actor's craft. 他演技精湛. 2 (pl unchanged 复数不变) [C] (a) boat; ship 船舶: Hundreds of small craft accompany the liner into harbour. 数百只小艇随同这艘班轮驶入港湾. Cf 参看 vessel 1. (b) aircraft; spacecraft 飞行器; 宇宙飞船: The astronauts piloted their craft down to the lunar surface. 宇航员驾驶宇宙飞船在月球表面降落. 3 [U] (f
ml derog 文, 贬) skill in deceiving; cunning 骗术; 狡诈: achieving by craft and guile what he could not manage by honest means 玩弄诡计和手腕以实现其用正当手段无法实现的企图