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裂缝,缝隙;爆裂声,破裂声使发出爆裂声;使破裂,使爆裂发出爆裂声
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Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked}
(kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken,
craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to
crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to
rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake},
{Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak.
He thought none poets till their brains were
cracked. --Roscommon.
3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to
crack a whip.
4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
--B. Jonson.
5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low]
{To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its
contents.
{To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
{To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more
steam. [Colloq.]
Crack \Crack\, v. i.
1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without
quite separating into parts.
By misfortune it cracked in the coling. --Boyle.
The mirror cracked from side to side. --Tennyson.
2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.]
The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little
comes in and much goes out. --Dryden.
3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak.
4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with
of. [Archaic.]
Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. --Shak.
Crack \Crack\, n.
1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a
perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach;
a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in
glass.
2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw.
--Shak.
3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything
suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling
house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? --Shak.
4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack.
--Shak.
5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as,
he has a crack.
6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.]
I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me,
who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
--Addison.
7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] ``Crack and brags.'' --Burton.
``Vainglorius cracks.'' --Spenser.
8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] --Shak.
9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.]
Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.
--Shak.
10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
[Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]
11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.]
What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a
chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. --P. P.
Alexander.
Crack \Crack\, a.
Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
[Colloq.]
One of our crack speakers in the Commons. --Dickens.
资料来源 : WordNet®
crack
adj : of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot";
"a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played
top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition";
"she is absolutely tops" [syn: {ace}, {A-one}, {first-rate},
{super}, {tiptop}, {topnotch}, {tops(p)}]
crack
n 1: a long narrow opening [syn: {cleft}, {crevice}, {fissure}, {scissure}]
2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: {gap}]
3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {cranny},
{fissure}, {chap}]
4: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the
cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
[syn: {cracking}, {snap}]
5: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
[syn: {shot}]
6: witty remark [syn: {wisecrack}, {sally}, {quip}]
7: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation
of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather
than snorted [syn: {tornado}]
9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: {fling}, {go}, {pass}, {whirl}, {offer}]
10: the act of cracking something [syn: {fracture}, {cracking}]
crack
v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The
glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: {check}, {break}]
2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
3: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: {snap}]
4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
5: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the
30,000 mark in the county" [syn: {break through}]
6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
7: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope
snapped" [syn: {snap}]
8: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: {crack up}, {crock up}, {break
up}, {collapse}]
9: tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
10: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of
the leather chair"
11: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
12: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The
petroleum cracked"