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crankcrank1 /kræŋk / verb ●crank sth out (informal) to produce large numbers of something very quickly大量地快速制造◆My computer printer can crank out 12 pages a minute.我的电脑打印机每分钟可以打印 12 页。●crank sth up (informal) to make something stronger, louder, work harder, etc.开大;调高;加速◆It's too hot in here – crank up the air conditioner.这里面太热了,把空调开大些。
crankcrank2 /kræŋk / noun [countable] - a bar and handle in the shape of an L, which you pull or turn to produce movement in a machine, etc.曲柄
- a person with strange ideas or who behaves in a strange way(想法或行为)古怪的人◆Lots of cranks called the police confessing to the murder.很多莫名其妙的人给警方打电话承认犯下了那起谋杀案。
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