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

• For three cranks it has four bearing points in the crankcase.
  三个曲柄的曲柄箱内有四个支承点。
• 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”。
• Mechanical linkages and cranks went together far better than I had spent this whole year thinking it would be.
  机械的联系和曲柄到一起远胜于我曾经花了今年全年的思维便。
• Stay seated; utilize a combination of the forks rebound, upper body strength and power on the cranks to loft the front of your bike in the air.
  坐在车座上，把上身的力量集中在横把上，利用叉子回弹的合力使前轮离地。
• Protesters were dismissed as cranks.
  抗议者被当作怪物赶走了。
• 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。
• 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。
• But if he cranks it up all the way to level 3 then its time to panic. This is the official Government-sanctioned rate that must be used for all taxi rides following a nuclear explosion.
  但是如果司机把标准升到水平3的话，这时候你要感到恐惧才对。因为水平3是政府制定的标准，而这种标准只有在核爆炸的情况下才会被应用。
• 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。
• There are cranks and pulleys, beltings tight or slack
  有曲杆与滑车，还有皮带或紧或松