crank

中文： 用曲柄转动、转动

1. To turn by means of a crank. (transitive) · Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.
2. To turn a crank. (intransitive) · He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
3. To turn. (intransitive) · He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
4. To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank. (transitive) · I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over· Crank it up!
5. To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining. (intransitive) · Quit cranking about your spilt milk!
6. To be running at a high level of output or effort. (intransitive) · By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.
7. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. (dated, intransitive)

He/she/it cranks · 过去式 cranked · 过去分词 cranked · -ing形式 cranking