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

• 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。
• The bicycles pedal cranks keep indifferent equilibrium state when they stay in the free state, so that they can bring about disturbance between people and machines.
  自行车脚蹬曲柄在自由状态时，曲柄处于随遇平衡，产生人机干扰。
• 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。
• The electric system does several jobs. It cranks the engine for starting. It supplies the high-voltage surges that ignite the compressed air-fuel mixture in the combustion chambers.
  电气系统有几项作用：启动发动机；提供高压电脉冲点燃燃烧室中空气和燃油的高压混合气。
• Cranks are important parts in a car body.
  曲臂是车体中的重要零件。
• The dramatic warning cranks up Russian pressure on countries in the Baltic region.
  这一戏剧性的警告加大了俄罗斯对波罗的海各国施加的压力。
• 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。
• 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。
• The cranks are hollow, as you'd expect.
  而曲柄本身都是期望中的空心设计。
• Protesters were dismissed as cranks.
  抗议者被当作怪物赶走了。