Crank

(noun.) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle.

(verb.) bend into the shape of a crank.

(verb.) fasten with a crank.

(verb.) rotate with a crank.

(verb.) start by cranking; 'crank up the engine'.

(adj.) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail .

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• He turned the crank, and to the astonishment of those present it said. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• An't quite so crank as ye was last night. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The cutter was driven by a pitman from a crank shaft operated through gear wheels from the main drive wheels. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By that arrangement there is attained the most direct application of the piston-rod to the crank, with the least loss of power. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Thus some very high wheels, with a small wheel in front, or one behind, wheels with levers in addition to the crank, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• McCormick’s last named patent also covered the arrangement of the gearing and crank in front of the drive wheel, so as to balance the weight of the raker. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Near these crank case presses are located several hundred punch and drawing presses of various sizes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• McCormick’s machine had two cutters or knives, reciprocated by cranks in opposite directions to each other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The Greeks alone argued whether it was right to have them--and 'cranks' occasionally proposed emancipation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 1855 Ernst Michaux, a French locksmith, applied, for the first time, the foot cranks and pedals to the axle of the drive wheel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The piston rods of the engine were connected directly with cranks on the rear wheel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The cranks of her propeller shafts, like those of the Kaiser Wilhelm and the Oceanic, are set according to the Schlick system, to reduce vibration. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Others would pull down with the crowbars and with cranks--especially cranks. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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