词汇精选:crack的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
训练有素的,优秀的,一流的
例句:
I would form this crack regiment out of officers alone——not a single private.
这个顶呱呱的一团,我要完全用军官来组织――一个兵也不要。
例句:
He is said to be a crack shot, despite weak vision in one eye.
尽管一只眼视力较弱,他仍被称为神枪手。
n.
缝隙,狭缝,窄缝,裂纹
例句:
He climb the steep cliff by get foothold in crack in the rock.
他在岩石缝中找踏脚的地方,慢慢爬上峭壁。
例句:
A little crack detracts from the value of the vase.
小小的裂痕降低了那个花瓶的价值。
爆裂声,噼啪声
例句:
At the very moment, there was a loud crack.
就在那一刹那,突然传来一阵巨大的爆裂声。
例句:
The crack of a rifle is very sharp.
手枪的爆声很尖锐。
重击
例句:
He no sooner recovers his equilibrium than the next porpoise comes along and hits him another crack.
它刚一恢复平衡,第二只海豚接踵而至又给它一击。
尝试,试图
例句:
This is my first crack at cooking.
这是我第一次尝试做饭菜。
例句:
He said he didn't know how to swim but would take a crack at it.
他说他不会游泳,但将尽力尝试。
笑话,俏皮话
例句:
Red always goofs off, or thinks of a smart crack instead of working.
雷德不好好干,总是吊儿郎当,要不就想出些俏皮话来挖苦人。
例句:
When Paul made the crack about the 'famous girl detective', I began to suspect that he had it in for you.
当保罗挖苦你是“著名的女侦探”时,我开始怀疑他是不是故意刁难你。
强效可卡因,强力古柯碱
例句:
Their "lucky bags" contain crack cocaine and cannabis.
他们的”运气袋”里装的是强效的纯可卡因和大麻毒品。
v.
(使)爆裂,破裂 [I,T]
例句:
A gas main had cracked under my neighbor's garage and gas had seeped into our homes.
邻居家车库下的煤气主管道破裂了,煤气渗漏进我们家。
打破,砸开,砸碎 [T]
例句:
You can crack this toughened glass, but you can't break it.
这种韧化玻璃只裂不碎。
例句:
You may crack these nuts with a hammer.
你可以用锤子把这些坚果敲开。
变声 [I,T]
例句:
His voice cracked with emotion.
由于激动,他的声音变得嘶哑。
重击,猛击 [T]
例句:
He wanted to crack the rowdy over the head, but refrained.
他想猛击小流氓的头,可还是忍住了。
例句:
Dad fell and cracked his head against the door.
爸爸摔倒了,头重重地撞在门上。
说(笑话),开(玩笑)[T]
例句:
They sat down around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes.
他们坐在火炉周围,边吸烟边说笑话。
例句:
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.
他爱说笑话,喜欢谈论啤酒和姑娘。
破解,解开(难题等) [T]
例句:
The histone code will not be easy to crack.
组织蛋白的密码不是那么容易破解的。
例句:
The police cracked a murder case last week.
警察上周侦破了一件凶杀案。
(使)噼啪作响,发出爆裂声 [I,T]
例句:
The tree cracked loudly and fell.
这树发出巨大的爆裂声,倒在了地上。
例句:
The fireworks cracked overhead.
鞭炮在头顶上空噼啪地爆响。
失控,崩溃,瓦解 [I]
例句:
If he continues to work at that pace, he will certainly crack up.
如果他继续以这种速度工作,他的身体一定会垮掉的。
例句:
He cracked under the pressure of work.
他的身体在工作的压力下垮了下来。
二、词义辨析:
break,burst,crack,crush,fracture,shatter,smash
这些动词均含“打破、弄碎”之意。break常用词,含义广泛,多指猛然用力将坚硬物打破或损坏。burst指某物因内部外部压力过大而出现严重破裂、爆开或胀破。crack多指因长期使用或经受压力,物体表现呈现裂纹、裂口或破裂、裂开,但一般没成碎片。crush指用力把东西压破或变形。fracture比crack的破裂程度更深更严重,常指断裂,医学上指骨折。shatter指破裂为许多支离破碎的碎片,多用指易碎事物。smash指突然而猛烈地重击某物,使之破碎或完全变形。
三、相关短语:
crack up
phr.1. 撞坏,撞毁2. 垮掉,崩溃3.【口】赞美;吹捧4.【口】(使)捧腹大笑,放声大笑,大笑不止;失声痛哭5.【俚】吸服强效纯可卡因,吸毒
fatigue crack
疲劳裂缝,疲劳裂纹
toe crack
焊缝边缘裂纹,焊趾裂纹
crack down
劈啪的一声击下对...采取严厉措施,镇压
crack of doom
世界末日的霹雳
quarter crack
【医】 马蹄裂
四、参考例句:
There is a crack in this window.
这扇窗户上有个裂纹。
It isn't the crack of doom.
还不是世界末日。
This is my first crack at cooking.
这是我第一次尝试做饭菜。
There is a crack in the wall.
墙上有一道裂缝。
The plate had a crack in it.
盘子上有一道裂纹。
He is a crack baseball player.
他是个一流的的棒球运动员。
He is a crack baseball player.
他是个一流的的棒球运动员。
We can crack nuts in the nutcrackers.
我们可以把坚果放在坚果钳里轧碎。
You may crack these nuts with a hammer.
你可以用锤子把这些坚果敲开。
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
欲吃果仁者必须先破其壳(不劳则无得)。