Crank

 









crank



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曲柄,曲軸



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–noun 

1. Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting (分給;給予;傳授) 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. 

2. Informal. an ill-tempered, grouchy (愛抱怨的) person.  



3. an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause. 

4. an eccentric or whimsical notion.  



5. a strikingly clever turn of speech or play on words.  

6. Archaic. a bend; turn. 

7. Slang. the nasal (鼻的) decongestant (解充血藥) propylhexedrine (環已丙甲胺), used illicitly for its euphoric effects. 

8. Automotive Slang. a crankshaft.  



–verb (used with object) 

9. to bend into or make in the shape of a crank. 

10. to furnish with a crank. 

11. Machinery. to rotate (a shaft) by means of a crank. 

12. to start (an internal-combustion 燃燒,氧化 engine) by turning the crankshaft manually or by means of a small motor. 

13. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by turning the crankshaft manually.  



–verb (used without object) 

14. to turn a crank, as in starting an automobile engine. 

15. Obsolete. to turn and twist; zigzag.  



–adjective 

16. unstable; shaky; unsteady. 

17. of, pertaining to, or by an unbalanced or overzealous person: a crank [phone call]; crank [mail]. 

18. British Dialect. cranky1 (def. 5).  



—Verb phrases

19. crank down, to cause to diminish or terminate: 



the president's efforts to crank down [inflation].  



20. crank in or into, to incorporate as an integral part: Overhead is cranked into the retail cost.  



21. crank out, to make or produce in a mass-production, effortless, or mechanical way: 



She's able to crank out one best-selling [novel] after another.  



22. crank up, Informal. 

a. to get started or ready: The theater season is cranking up with four [benefit] performances. 

b. to stimulate, activate, or produce: to crank up [enthusiasm] for a new product. 

c. to increase one's efforts, output, etc.: Industry began to crank up after the new tax incentives became law.  





  

Hwarng Wern-ying, producer at Hou's Sinomovie Co., said that the NDF coin now puts the film in a position to crank up production. "Pre-production will start on Oct. 1, with the exact date of production in early 2009 depending on cast and crew availabilities," she said.





see foible 



oscillate 

grouchy (愛抱怨的)

whimsy

elicit (illegal)

euphoric

abate crescendo