v.破裂;砸开;发出爆裂声;撞击;破解;变嘶哑;崩溃;制裁;开玩笑
n.裂缝;裂痕;爆裂声;猛击;尝试;俏皮话
adj.训练有素的
The glass will crack if you pour boiled water into it . 一倒进去滚开水,这个玻璃杯就会破裂。
You may crack these nuts with a hammer. 你可以用锤子把这些坚果敲开。
I cracked two eggs into the frying pan. 我往平底锅里打了两个鸡蛋。
Thunder cracked overhead. 雷在头顶上炸响了。
Dad fell and cracked his head against the door. 爸爸摔倒了,头重重地撞在门上。
His voice cracked with emotion. 由于激动,他的声音变得嘶哑。
The boy's voice is beginning to crack at the age of puberty. 这男孩子的嗓音在发育期开始变得粗声粗气。
Anyone can crack under pressure. 任何人在压力之下都会崩溃。
Police are cracking down on drug dealers. 警方现对贩毒分子严惩不贷。
用作名词 (n.)There is a crack in this window. 这扇窗户上有个裂纹。
They wormed their way out through the crack in the wall. 他们好不容易才从墙上的裂缝处爬了出来。
After only a year, cracks started to appear in their marriage. 仅一年后,他们的婚姻就开始出现裂痕。
The crack of a rifle is very sharp. 手枪的爆声很尖锐。
The branch broke with a sharp crack. 树枝折断时发出刺耳的劈啪声。
He was struck with a smart crack on the head. 他头上突然被猛击了一下。
This is her first crack at writing a book. 这是她第一次尝试写书。
Red always goofs off, or thinks of a smart crack instead of working. 雷德不好好干,总是吊儿郎当,要不就想出些俏皮话来挖苦人。
用作形容词 (adj.)She is a crack shot with a rifle. 她是步枪神枪手。
crack的基本意思是突然发出尖厉的声音,特别是易碎的东西破碎时发出的声音,如玻璃、冰等,常表示弄破硬而脆或空心物所发出突然而尖厉的声音,但破碎物一般仍是连在一起的。crack也可用于发出同样突然而尖厉的声音,但不一定是破碎的物体,如鞭子噼啪作响。crack偶尔也可以表示“干裂”。
crack引申可表示人身体或精神“垮掉”。
crack可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。
crack常与on, up, down on等搭配使用, crack on表示“扯满篷帆前进”; crack up表示“使撞毁”“吹捧”等意思; crack down on表示“对…采取严厉措施”。