crank

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古怪裝置上麪的曲柄。

3. V-T If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. 用曲柄啓動

The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. 司機(jī)下車用曲柄發(fā)動了引擎。