牛津高阶英汉双解词典-txt
曲柄, 曲轴: The pedals of a cycle are attached to a crank. 自行车的踏板与曲柄相连. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xiii.
★crank
v [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) cause sth to turn by means of a crank 用曲柄转动某物: crank (up) an engine, ie start it with a crank 用曲柄启动发动机.
★crankshaft
n shaft that turns or is turned by a crank 曲柄轴.
★crank
/ krANk; krANk/ n (derog 贬) person with strange fixed ideas, esp on a particular subject; eccentric person 有古怪成见的人（尤指在某问题上）; 有怪癖的人: a health-food crank, ie one who insists on eating unusual food for health reasons 对保健食品有偏好怪癖的人.
★cranky
adj (-ier, -iest) (infml derog 口, 贬) 1 strange; eccentric 古怪的; 怪僻的: a cranky person, idea 古怪的人、 念头. 2 (of machines, etc) unreliable; shaky; unsteady （指机器等）靠不住的; 摇晃的; 不稳的: a rattling, cranky old engine 格格作响的、 摇晃不稳的旧发动机. 3 (US) bad-tempered 脾气坏的.
★cranny
/ 5krAnI; `krAnI/ n 1 small cavity or opening, eg in a wall 小洞, 小窟窿（如墙壁上的）. 2 (idm 习语) every nook and cranny => nook.
★crannied
adj full of crannies 满是窟窿的.
★crap
/ krAp; krAp/ v (-pp-) [I] ( sl 讳, 俚) defecate 拉屎: a dog crapping on the lawn 在草坪上拉屎的狗.
★crap
n ( sl 讳, 俚) 1 [U] excrement 屎. 2 [sing] act of defecating 拉屎: have a crap 拉屎. 3 [U] nonsense; rubbish 胡扯; 废话: You do talk a load of crap! 你净胡说八道!
★crappy
adj (sl 俚) bad; worthless; unpleasant 糟糕的; 毫无价值的; 令人生厌的: a crappy book, party, programme 没有意思的书、 聚会、 节目.
★crape
/ kreIp; krep/ n [U] black silk or cotton material with a wrinkled surface, formerly worn as a sign of mourning （旧时为表示哀悼而披戴的）黑色绉绸或绉布. Cf 参看 crepe.
★craps
/ krAps; krAps/ n [sing v] (also `crap-shooting [U]) (US) gambling game played with two dice 掷双色子的赌博戏: shoot craps, ie play this game 掷双色子赌博.
★crap
adj [attrib 作定语] of or for craps 掷双色子赌博的: a crap game 掷双色子的赌博.
★crapulent
/ 5krApjUlEnt; `krApjJlEnt/ adj (fml 文) feeling unwell as a result of eating or drinking too much 因饮食过量而感到不适的.
★crapulence
/ -lEns; -lEns/ n [U].
★crash
/ krAF; krAF/ n 1 (a) (usu sing 通常作单数) (loud noise made by a) violent fall, blow or breakage 坠落（声）; 撞击（声）; 破裂（声）: the crash of dishes being dropped 摔碎盘碟的声音 * The tree fell with a great crash. 那棵树哗啦一声倒了. * His words were drowned in a crash of thunder. 他的话为一阵雷声所淹没. (
b) accident involving a vehicle in a collision or some other impact 撞车; （车辆等）碰撞: a crash in which two cars collided 两辆汽车相撞的事故 * a `car crash/an