crank

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. 怪人[非正式]
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. 有新想法的人在想法實(shí)現(xiàn)前是怪人。
2. N-COUNT A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. 曲柄
He was idly turning a crank on a strange mechanism strapped to his chest. 他漫不經(jīng)心地轉(zhuǎn)著綁在他胸前的一個(gè)古怪裝置上面的曲柄。
3. V-T If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. 用曲柄啟動(dòng)
The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. 司機(jī)下車用曲柄發(fā)動(dòng)了引擎。