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.