cranks是什么意思？

cranks

• n. 思想奇怪的人( crank的名词复数 )，脾气坏的人，容易恼怒的人，(L 字形)曲柄；
• v. 用曲柄转动（或启动）( crank的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• That anonymity creates a phoney equality, which puts cranks and experts on the same footing. 这样的匿名造成一种把怪人和专家放在同样的地位的虚假的平等.
• CNC billet aluminum bell cranks transfer servo motion to the swashplate. 网通钢坯钟曲柄铝转移到斜盘式伺服议案.
• Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  想法(或行为)古怪的人
  If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  例句
  The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'... 首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。 He looked like a crank. 他看上去像个怪人。
• N-COUNT
  曲柄;曲轴
  A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move.
• VERB
  (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)
  If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
  例句
  The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. 司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。