crank

Các nghĩa

1. quay bằng tay quay

   To turn by means of a crank.

   transitive

   Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.

2. quay tay quay

   To turn a crank.

   intransitive

   He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.

3. quay

   To turn.

   intransitive

   He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.

4. làm quay

   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. càu nhàu, gắt gỏng

   To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.

   intransitive

   Quit cranking about your spilt milk!

6. chạy hết công suất

   To be running at a high level of output or effort.

   intransitive

   By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.

   Better computers use variable speed fans so they run at top speed only when the computer is really cranking

   When we were playing at the top of our ability and really cranking, the whole thing could sound like a jet plane taking off in the club.

Dạng khác

• cranks present, singular, third-person
• cranking participle, present
• cranked participle, past
• crunk dialectal, participle, past

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