1V-ERG (使)破裂;(使)裂开;(使)断裂 If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface. (使)破裂;(使)裂开;(使)断裂
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes. [VERB]
邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了,煤气渗入了我们家。
Remove the dish from the oven, crack the salt crust and you will find the skin just peels off the fish. [VERB noun]
3VERB 重击;猛击 If you crack a hard part of your body, such as your knee or your head, you hurt it by accidentally hitting it hard against something. 重击;猛击
He cracked his head on the pavement and was knocked cold. [VERB noun]
他一头撞到人行道上,不省人事了。
4VERB 打破;砸开;砸碎 When you crack something that has a shell, such as an egg or a nut, you break the shell in order to reach the inside part. 打破;砸开;砸碎
6VERB (因压力大而)失控,崩溃,瓦解 If someone cracks, they lose control of their emotions or actions because they are under a lot of pressure. (因压力大而)失控,崩溃,瓦解 [informal]
She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack. [VERB]
她镇定而且坚强,绝不会垮掉。
I had the conviction Larkin's nerve would crack and he'd squeeze the trigger in a reflex action. [VERB]
我确信拉金会神经崩溃,他会反射性地扣动扳机。
Some countries are showing signs of cracking under intense pressure from the United States. [VERB]
7VERB (因感情强烈而嗓音)变嘶哑,变沙哑 If your voice cracks when you are speaking or singing, it changes in pitch because you are feeling a strong emotion. (因感情强烈而嗓音)变嘶哑,变沙哑
Her voice cracked and she began to cry. [VERB]
她的声音变得沙哑,继而哭了起来。
8VERB 说(笑话);开(玩笑) If you crack a joke, you tell it. 说(笑话);开(玩笑)
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls. [VERB noun]
10PHRASE 不如别人说的那么好 If you say that something is not all it's cracked up to be, you mean that it is not as good as other people have said it is. 不如别人说的那么好 [informal]
Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
全包旅游并不总像人们说的那么好。
crack on
(尤指更努力地)继续干;抓紧时间干 If you crack on with something, you continue doing it, especially with more effort than before, or as quickly as possible. (尤指更努力地)继续干;抓紧时间干
You've just got to crack on, whatever the problems are.
不管有什么问题,你都得抓紧时间努力干。
Just tell him what to do and he'll crack on with the work.
11PHRASE 黎明;破晓;清晨 If you say that someone does something at the crack of dawn, you are emphasizing that they do it very early in the morning. 黎明;破晓;清晨 [emphasis]
I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out.
有大笔订单要处理时,我经常会清晨便开始工作。
12PHRASE [VERB inflects]掩盖错误 If you paper over the cracks, you try to hide all the things that are wrong with something. 掩盖错误 [mainly British]
The meeting was stormy, and the two sides managed only to paper over the cracks on some issues.
会议很激烈,但双方只是在试图掩盖某些问题上的错误。
13PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]合理的机会;均等的机会 If you get a fair crack of the whip, you are allowed a reasonable opportunity to succeed at something. 合理的机会;均等的机会 [British, informal]
None of them is expecting any favours, just a fair crack of the whip.
1line on the surface of sth where it has broken表面的裂縫ADJECTIVE | CRACK + VERBADJECTIVE➤big, deep, huge, large, long, serious (especially BrE) 大的裂縫;深的裂縫;長的裂紋;大量的裂縫▸➤short, small短裂紋;小裂紋▸➤fine, hairline, thin細小的裂紋;極細的裂紋CRACK + VERB➤appear裂紋出現▸➤develop, spread裂紋變大/擴展▸➤run裂紋延伸◇A fine crack ran up the wall.牆體向上裂開一道細紋。crack
noun²
2narrow opening縫隙ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRACK | CRACK + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤narrow, small, tiny窄縫;小縫▸➤wide寬縫VERB + CRACK➤fill, seal填縫隙;封縫隙◇We filled the cracks in the plaster before hanging the wallpaper.我們把灰泥上的縫隙填上後才貼壁紙。CRACK + VERB➤appear縫隙出現◇Wide cracks appeared in the ground during the drought.乾旱期間,地面出現了很寬的縫隙。➤open up, widen縫隙變寬PREPOSITION➤crack in⋯上的縫隙◇There's a crack in the fence big enough to look through.籬笆上的縫隙大得可以看到裏面。PHRASES➤a crack of light一縷光線◇a tiny crack of light under the door門下一縷細細的光線➤open a door, window, etc. a crack門、窗等打開一條縫◇Could you open the window just a crack?您把窗子打開一條縫好嗎?crack
noun³
3sudden loud sound突然的巨響ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRACK | CRACK + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤loud, resounding, sharp響亮的劈啪聲;刺耳的爆裂聲➤sickening令人難受的爆裂聲➤satisfying令人滿意的劈啪聲➤audible聽得見的劈啪聲VERB + CRACK➤hear聽到劈啪聲CRACK + VERB➤echo爆裂聲回響◇A loud crack echoed off the empty walls.巨大的爆裂聲在空蕩蕩的圍牆間回響。PREPOSITION➤with a crack劈啪一聲◇The chandelier hit the floor with a crack.枝形吊燈啪的一聲掉在了地板上。➤crack of⋯的劈啪聲PHRASES➤the crack of a whip鞭子的劈啪聲➤a crack of thunder一聲霹靂➡ note at soundcrack
verb
become mentally ill精神崩潰ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤completely徹底崩潰▸➤finally最終崩潰◇The stresses of her job became too great and she finally cracked.她工作壓力變得太過巨大,最終精神崩潰了。➤up精神垮掉◇He thought he'd never get through the ordeal without cracking up.他覺得自己即使能躲過這一劫也要變瘋了。PHRASES➤crack under the pressure, crack under the strain, show signs of cracking因壓力而吃不消;因緊張而吃不消;表現出崩潰的跡象◇He is under a lot of pressure but is showing no signs of cracking.他的壓力很大,但還沒看出他吃不消。crack
verb
●crack downADVERB➤hard嚴厲打擊PREPOSITION➤on對⋯採取嚴厲措施◇to crack down hard on crime嚴厲打擊犯罪
crack verb ⇨bang1 (crack a whip)⇨bang2 (crack your head on the ceiling)⇨break1 (ice/leather/paint cracks)⇨solve2 (crack a case/code)crack noun ⇨crack (cracks in the wall)⇨bang (the crack of a rifle shot)crack
noun
crack ♦︎ fissure ♦︎ crevice ♦︎ cleft ♦︎ chink ♦︎ faultThese are all words for a long, narrow opening in sth hard.这些词均表示硬物上的裂缝、裂口、裂纹。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a crack / fissure / crevice / cleft / chink / fault in sth◆a narrow crack / fissure / crevice / cleft / chink◆a long crack / fissure / cleft◆a crack / fissure opens■crack [countable] a line on the surface of sth hard where it has broken but not split into separate parts; a narrow space or opening裂纹;裂缝;缝隙◆This cup has a crack in it.这杯子有一道裂痕。◆Cracks began to appear in the walls.墙壁开始出现裂缝。◆She peeped through a crack in the curtains.她透过窗帘的缝隙窥视。◆The door opened a crack(= a small amount).门开了一条缝。 see also crack ⇨ breakverb1■fissure ˈfɪʃə(r) [countable] (technical术语) a long deep crack in sth, especially in rock or in the earth(尤指岩石或土地中深长的)裂缝,裂隙◆fissures in the ocean floor海底的裂缝▸fissured
adjective
◆fissured rock / terrain裂隙岩体/地面■crevice ˈkrevɪs [countable] a narrow crack in a rock or wall(岩石或墙壁的)裂缝,裂隙,裂口◆Most of the year the insects are hidden in rock crevices.一年中的大部分时间昆虫都藏在岩石缝隙中。■cleft [countable] a natural opening or crack, for example in the ground or in rock, or in part of the body(地面、岩石或身体上自然形成的)裂口,裂缝◆a cleft in the rocks / hills岩石/山体的裂缝◆the cleft in his chin他下巴上的凹陷■chink [countable] a narrow opening in sth, especially one that lets light through(尤指光线可进入的)裂口,缝隙,裂缝◆a chink in the curtains窗帘的缝隙◆I noticed a chink of light under the door(= a small area of light shining through a narrow opening).我注意到门下透出一道光线。NOTE辨析 Crack or chink?Crack is a more general word than chink. * crack含义比chink广。You can say可以说◆a crack / chink in the curtains窗帘的缝隙and以及◆The door opened a crack.门开了一条缝。but not但不说◆The door opened a chink.You can have可以说◆a chink of light一道光线but not但不说◆a crack of light■fault [countable] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's crust(地壳岩层的)断层◆the San Andreas fault圣安德烈亚斯断层◆a fault line断层线