詞彙精選:crack的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
訓練有素的,優秀的,一流的
例句:
I would form this crack regiment out of officers alone——not a single private.
這個頂呱呱的一團,我要完全用軍官來組織――一個兵也不要。
例句:
He is said to be a crack shot, despite weak vision in one eye.
儘管一隻眼視力較弱,他仍被稱爲神槍手。
n.
縫隙,狹縫,窄縫,裂紋
例句:
He climb the steep cliff by get foothold in crack in the rock.
他在岩石縫中找踏腳的地方,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個花瓶的價值。
爆裂聲,噼啪聲
例句:
At the very moment, there was a loud crack.
就在那一剎那,突然傳來一陣巨大的爆裂聲。
例句:
The crack of a rifle is very sharp.
手槍的爆聲很尖銳。
重擊
例句:
He no sooner recovers his equilibrium than the next porpoise comes along and hits him another crack.
它剛一恢復平衡,第二隻海豚接踵而至又給它一擊。
嘗試,試圖
例句:
This is my first crack at cooking.
這是我第一次嘗試做飯菜。
例句:
He said he didn't know how to swim but would take a crack at it.
他說他不會游泳,但將盡力嘗試。
笑話,俏皮話
例句:
Red always goofs off, or thinks of a smart crack instead of working.
雷德不好好幹,總是吊兒郎當,要不就想出些俏皮話來挖苦人。
例句:
When Paul made the crack about the 'famous girl detective', I began to suspect that he had it in for you.
當保羅挖苦你是“著名的女偵探”時,我開始懷疑他是不是故意刁難你。
強效可卡因,強力古柯鹼
例句:
Their "lucky bags" contain crack cocaine and cannabis.
他們的”運氣袋”裏裝的是強效的純可卡因和大麻毒品。
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.
鄰居家車庫下的煤氣主管道破裂了,煤氣滲漏進我們家。
打破,砸開,砸碎 [T]
例句:
You can crack this toughened glass, but you can't break it.
這種韌化玻璃只裂不碎。
例句:
You may crack these nuts with a hammer.
你可以用錘子把這些堅果敲開。
變聲 [I,T]
例句:
His voice cracked with emotion.
由於激動,他的聲音變得嘶啞。
重擊,猛擊 [T]
例句:
He wanted to crack the rowdy over the head, but refrained.
他想猛擊小流氓的頭,可還是忍住了。
例句:
Dad fell and cracked his head against the door.
爸爸摔倒了,頭重重地撞在門上。
說(笑話),開(玩笑)[T]
例句:
They sat down around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes.
他們坐在火爐周圍,邊吸菸邊說笑話。
例句:
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.
他愛說笑話,喜歡談論啤酒和姑娘。
破解,解開(難題等) [T]
例句:
The histone code will not be easy to crack.
組織蛋白的密碼不是那麼容易破解的。
例句:
The police cracked a murder case last week.
警察上週偵破了一件兇殺案。
(使)噼啪作響,發出爆裂聲 [I,T]
例句:
The tree cracked loudly and fell.
這樹發出巨大的爆裂聲,倒在了地上。
例句:
The fireworks cracked overhead.
鞭炮在頭頂上空噼啪地爆響。
失控,崩潰,瓦解 [I]
例句:
If he continues to work at that pace, he will certainly crack up.
如果他繼續以這種速度工作,他的身體一定會垮掉的。
例句:
He cracked under the pressure of work.
他的身體在工作的壓力下垮了下來。
二、詞義辨析:
break,burst,crack,crush,fracture,shatter,smash
這些動詞均含“打破、弄碎”之意。break常用詞,含義廣泛,多指猛然用力將堅硬物打破或損壞。burst指某物因內部外部壓力過大而出現嚴重破裂、爆開或脹破。crack多指因長期使用或經受壓力,物體表現呈現裂紋、裂口或破裂、裂開,但一般沒成碎片。crush指用力把東西壓破或變形。fracture比crack的破裂程度更深更嚴重,常指斷裂,醫學上指骨折。shatter指破裂爲許多支離破碎的碎片,多用指易碎事物。smash指突然而猛烈地重擊某物,使之破碎或完全變形。
三、相關短語:
crack up
phr.1. 撞壞,撞毀2. 垮掉,崩潰3.【口】讚美;吹捧4.【口】(使)捧腹大笑,放聲大笑,大笑不止;失聲痛哭5.【俚】吸服強效純可卡因,吸毒
fatigue crack
疲勞裂縫,疲勞裂紋
toe crack
焊縫邊緣裂紋,焊趾裂紋
crack down
劈啪的一聲擊下對...採取嚴厲措施,鎮壓
crack of doom
世界末日的霹靂
quarter crack
【醫】 馬蹄裂
四、參考例句:
There is a crack in this window.
這扇窗戶上有個裂紋。
It isn't the crack of doom.
還不是世界末日。
This is my first crack at cooking.
這是我第一次嘗試做飯菜。
There is a crack in the wall.
牆上有一道裂縫。
The plate had a crack in it.
盤子上有一道裂紋。
He is a crack baseball player.
他是個一流的的棒球運動員。
He is a crack baseball player.
他是個一流的的棒球運動員。
We can crack nuts in the nutcrackers.
我們可以把堅果放在堅果鉗裏軋碎。
You may crack these nuts with a hammer.
你可以用錘子把這些堅果敲開。
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
欲吃果仁者必須先破其殼(不勞則無得)。