crank

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  • n.曲轴；（想法）古怪的人；脾气坏的人；容易恼怒的人
  • adj.活泼的；逞能的；(建筑物等)松松垮垮的；像要翻似的
  • v.用曲柄转动（或启动）
  • Web怒火攻心；快克杀手；曲柄轴
Plural Form：cranks  Present Participle：cranking  Past Tense：cranked  

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Crank
n.
1.
（想法）古怪的人a person with ideas that other people find strange
Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
2.
脾气坏的人；容易恼怒的人a person who easily gets angry or annoyed
3.
（L 字形）曲柄，曲轴a bar and handle in the shape of an L that you pull or turn to produce movement in a machine, etc.
v.
1.
~ sth (up)
用曲柄转动（或启动）to make sth turn or move by using a crank
to crank an engine
用曲柄发动引擎
He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.
他启动各项改革的时间很有限。

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AllAll,曲轴曲轴,古怪的人古怪的人,脾气坏的人脾气坏的人,容易恼怒的人容易恼怒的人,活泼的活泼的,逞能的逞能的,松松垮垮的松松垮垮的,像要翻似的像要翻似的,用曲柄转动用曲柄转动,怒火攻心怒火攻心,快克杀手快克杀手,曲柄轴曲柄轴
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1.
Just crank it out on a spreadsheet or whiteboard, show the boss, and move on to the next problem.
其实，只需要在电子表格或者白板上写写算算，然后交给老板，就可以进入下一个话题。
qí shí , zhǐ xū yào zài diàn zǐ biǎo gé huò zhě bái bǎn shàng xiě xiě suàn suan , rán hòu jiāo gěi lǎo bǎn , jiù kě yǐ jìn rù xià yī gè huà tí 。
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2.
It was an old car, and I had to crank it up every morning to get it started.
那是辆旧式汽车，我每天早晨得摇动曲柄才能使它起动。
nà shì liàng jiù shì qì chē , wǒ měi tiān zǎo chén de yáo dòng qū bǐng cái néng shǐ tā qǐ dòng 。
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3.
Typically, defense contractors crank out just a few hundred armored vehicles a year.
通常，国防承包商一年才造几百辆装甲车。
tōng cháng , guó fáng chéng bāo shāng yī nián cái zào jǐ bǎi liàng zhuāng jiǎ chē 。
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4.
If you're not rushing, then you'll use the colonial age to crank on your economy, trying to quickly get to the next age.
如果你不快攻，那么你就用殖民时代暴经济，试着快速进入下个时代。
rú guǒ nǐ bù kuài gōng , nà me nǐ jiù yòng zhí mín shí dài bào jīng jì , shì zhe kuài sù jìn rù xià gè shí dài 。
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5.
When I was there early enough, I got to help prepare the meal, shelling the beans or turning the crank on the ice-cream maker.
要是到巴迪家早一些的话，我也一块儿帮忙做饭，不是剥豆子，就是摇冰淇淋机的把儿。
yào shi dào bā dí jiā zǎo yì xiē de huà , wǒ yě yí kuài er bāng máng zuò fàn , bú shì bāo dòu zi , jiù shì yáo bīng qí lín jī de bà er 。
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6.
Without this lip, crankbaits would float on the surface of the water, leaving a very unappealing and out-of-reach target for most fish.
没有舌板，crank就会浮在水面，毫无姿态可言，也无法到达大部分鱼所在的位置。
méi yǒu shé bǎn , crank jiù huì fú zài shuǐ miàn , háo wú zī tài kě yán , yě wú fǎ dào dá dà bù fen yú suǒ zài de wèi zhì 。
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7.
Kill Bad Aliens after we crank up all of the constants. It may not be a good game now, but it's fun to see.
处理常量之后的KillBadAliens，这样的游戏可能不够好，但却十分有趣，可供参考。
chǔ lǐ cháng liàng zhī hòu de KillBadAliens , zhè yàng de yóu xì kě néng bú gòu hǎo , dàn què shí fēn yǒu qù , kě gōng cān kǎo 。
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8.
In private they were less tactful. Taft dismissed him as "a peace crank" ; Roosevelt viewed him with "contemptuous abhorrence" .
私下里，他们就不那么客气，塔夫不屑地称他为“和平怪人”；罗斯福视他为“狂妄自大的讨厌鬼”。
sī xià li , tā men jiù bù nà me kè qi , tǎ fū bú xiè de chēng tā wèi " hé píng guài rén " ; luó sī fú shì tā wèi " kuáng wàng zì dà de tǎo yàn guǐ " 。
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9.
Be brave in to try, the course of any sudden crank mights as well bout, because each are led to " quality " the road of blessing.
勇于尝试，任何突发奇想的路线都不妨走一回，因为每一条都通往“性”福之路。
yǒng yú cháng shì , rèn hé tū fā qí xiǎng de lù xiàn dōu bù fáng zǒu yī huí , yīn wèi měi yī tiáo dōu tōng wǎng " xìng " fú zhī lù 。
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10.
If we were to turn the crank, we'd say, oh, I've got to write down all my rate laws here.
如果我们要等式变换，我会说，哦，我要写下所有的速率定律。
rú guǒ wǒ men yào děng shì biàn huàn , wǒ huì shuō , ò , wǒ yào xiě xià suǒ yǒu de sù lǜ dìng lǜ 。
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