crank
An ailment, acheAn ailment, ache.
» A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Eine Person mit einer neuen Idee ist ein komischer Kauz, bis die Idee Erfolg hat.
Человека с новой идеей считают чудаком - до тех пор, пока он не преуспевает воплотить идею в жизнь.
Значение
значений: 14(диалектное)An ailment, ache.
(разговорное)An ill-tempered or nasty person.
Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
a bad-tempered person
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
A fit of temper or passion.
(Британия, устаревшее, разговорное)A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
John is a crank because he talks to himself.
(разговорное)An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
Kurbel
кривоши́пkrivošíp
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
Give it a forceful crank.
Kurbeln
(США, сленг)Synonym of methamphetamine.
Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
(редкое)A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
(сленг)The penis.
Miesepeter, Sonderling, Spinner
чуда́кčudák, фрикfrik
(архаичное, сленг)A baseball fan.
Примеры
предложений: 28A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Человека с новой идеей считают чудаком - до тех пор, пока он не преуспевает воплотить идею в жизнь.
deEine Person mit einer neuen Idee ist ein komischer Kauz, bis die Idee Erfolg hat.
Crank up the heater.
Включи обогреватель.
Can you crank up the heat?
Tom cranked up the volume.
Tom cranked up the music.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 4
По значениям 4
Происхождение
From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-GerFrom Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).
From Middle English crank, cronk, from a shortening of Old English crancstæf (“weaving tool, crank”, literally “bent or crooked staff”), the first element ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.
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Формы
мн. число: cranksСинонимы
синонимов: 250- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle:starter
- a whimsically eccentric person:crackpotnutnut casefruitcakescrewball
- a bad-tempered person:grouchgrumpchurlcrosspatch
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant:methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkchicken feedglass