crane

US [kreɪn]
UK [kreɪn]
  • n.起重机；【机】吊车；升降机；类似起重机的装置
  • v.伸长(脖子)以便看得更清楚；以起重机举(起)
  • Web鹤；仙鹤；摄影升降机
Plural Form：cranes  Present Participle：craning  Past Tense：craned  

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Crane
n.
1.
起重机；吊车a tall machine with a long arm, used to lift and move building materials and other heavy objects
2.
鹤a large bird with long legs and a long neck
v.
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（为看得更清楚而）探着身子；伸长（脖子）to lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck
People were craning out of the windows and waving.
人们把头探出窗外挥手致意。
She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.
她伸长了脖子看舞台，好看清楚些。

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AllAll,起重机起重机,吊车吊车,升降机升降机,类似起重机的装置类似起重机的装置,伸长以便看得更清楚伸长以便看得更清楚,以起重机举以起重机举,鹤鹤,仙鹤仙鹤,摄影升降机摄影升降机
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1.
Visibility was terrible; the only way our driver could navigate was to crane his neck out a side window.
路上的能见度很差，我们的司机只能把头探出车窗外面，看着路面往前开。
lù shang de néng jiàn dù hěn chà , wǒ men de sī jī zhǐ néng bǎ tóu tàn chū chē chuāng wài miàn , kàn zhe lù miàn wǎng qián kāi 。
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2.
I say to summarize such a wonderful life: the children play, chasing butterflies, elderly crane from hoe, childlike, all fun.
我用一句话来概括这样的美好生活，就是：“孩童嬉戏，追逐黄蝶，老人鹤发童颜，童心未泯，你来我往，普天同乐。”
wǒ yòng yí jù huà lái gài kuò zhè yàng de měi hǎo shēng huó , jiù shì : " hái tóng xī xì , zhuī zhú huáng dié , lǎo rén hè fà tóng yán , tóng xīn wèi mǐn , nǐ lái wǒ wǎng , pǔ tiān tóng lè 。 "
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3.
But the sky crane has never been used before, and there is plenty else that could go wrong.
除“天空起重机”从未用过外，可能出岔子的地方还有很多。
chú " tiān kōng qǐ zhòng jī " cóng wèi yòng guò wài , kě néng chū chà zi de dì fang hái yǒu hěn duō 。
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4.
At last the crane agreed to try. he told the wolf to open his mouth, and then put its the long leck down the wolf's throat'
最后，鹤同意去尝试，他告诉猎狼张开嘴巴，然后把它的长脖子伸进猎狼的喉咙。
zuì hòu , hè tóng yì qù cháng shì , tā gào su liè láng zhāng kāi zuǐ ba , rán hòu bǎ tā de cháng bó zǐ shēn jìn liè láng de hóu lóng 。
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5.
Other ropes were made with vegetable fibers, and a sort of crane with a tackle was fixed at the door.
另外他们又用植物纤维编成一些绳子，在门上拴了一个辘轳，装置起一架类似起重机的工具。
lìng wài tā men yòu yòng zhí wù xiān wéi biān chéng yì xiē shéng zǐ , zài mén shàng shuān le yī gè lù lú , zhuāng zhì qǐ yī jià lèi sì qǐ zhòng jī de gōng jù 。
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On reaching the moon, with his hands in gratitude, rabbit touched crane's head, which magically turned into a red crown.
一到月宫，兔子满怀感激地用手摸了摸鹤的头，鹤的头顶就神奇地变成了一个红冠。
yī dào yuè gōng , tù zǐ mǎn huái gǎn jī de yòng shǒu mō le mō hè de tóu , hè de tóu dǐng jiù shén qí de biàn chéng le yī gè hóng guān 。
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The absolute maximum-moment of a crane girder is usually calculated with expressions provided by handbook.
对吊车梁绝对最大弯矩的计算，通常采用手册给出的公式直接计算得到；
duì diào chē liáng jué duì zuì dà wān jǔ de jì suàn , tōng cháng cǎi yòng shǒu cè gěi chū de gōng shì zhí jiē jì suàn dé dào ;
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Thereupon, the receivers since the Tang dynasty have been disputing heatedly over the poem "Yellow Crane Tower" and its influence.
于是唐代以来的接受者围绕《黄鹤楼》及其影响，展开了热烈争论。
yú shì táng dài yǐ lái de jiē shòu zhě wéi rào 《 huáng hè lóu 》 jí qí yǐng xiǎng , zhǎn kāi le rè liè zhēng lùn 。
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AGENT GENE CRANE: Agent Scully tells us she was home last night. We see from your phone log, you were here until at least after 10: 00.
吉恩克雷恩探员：史高丽探员告诉我们昨天晚上她在家。我们从你的电话记录看出，至少10点前你都在这里。
jí ēn kè léi ēn tàn yuán : shǐ gāo lí tàn yuán gào su wǒ men zuó tiān wǎn shang tā zài jiā 。 wǒ men cóng nǐ de diàn huà jì lù kàn chū , zhì shǎo shí diǎn qián nǐ dōu zài zhè lǐ 。
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10.
I've been a fan since the day I won a Houston Rockets play ball in one of those crane machines.
自从我玩抓机赢得一个火箭用球就成为他们的球迷。
zì cóng wǒ wán zhuā jī yíng dé yī gè huǒ jiàn yòng qiú jiù chéng wéi tā men de qiú mí 。
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