1ADJ [usually ADJ n]优秀的;极好的;顶呱呱的 You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting. 优秀的;极好的;顶呱呱的 [British, informal]
It's a cracking novel.
这是一部很优秀的小说。
The way Liverpool play, and the way we play, I think it will be a cracking game.
利物浦队的打法再加上我们的打法,我想那会是一场很精彩的比赛。
2PHRASE 马上开始;加紧做 If you tell someone to get cracking, you are telling them to start doing something immediately. 马上开始;加紧做 [British, informal]
Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better.
马克,你最好尽快开始,越快越好。
Vouchers must be redeemed before September 14th so you'd better get cracking to cash in.
代金券必须于9月14日之前兑现,所以你最好快点。
3PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]迅速地;飞速地 If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly. 迅速地;飞速地 [British, informal, emphasis]
She set off at a cracking pace to Mr Ramzan's Superstore.