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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crack1 /kræk/ ●●● S2 W2 verb 1 BREAKbreak 断裂 [intransitive, transitive]BREAK to break or to make something break, either so that it gets lines on its surface, or so that it breaks into pieces （使）破裂，（使）裂开 Don’t put boiling water in the glass or it will crack. 不要把沸水倒进这个玻璃杯里，否则它会破裂的。 Concrete is liable to crack in very cold weather. 在严寒的天气条件下混凝土可能会开裂。 He picked up a piece of rock and cracked it in half. 他捡起一块石头，把它击碎成两半。 She fell and cracked a bone in her leg. 她摔了一跤，结果一根腿骨骨折。 He cracked a couple of eggs into a pan. 他往平底锅里打了几个鸡蛋。► see thesaurus at break →5 see picture at 见图 damage22 LOUD SOUNDsound 声音 [intransitive, transitive]C to make a quick loud sound like the sound of something breaking, or to make something do this （使）发爆裂声 Thunder cracked overhead. 雷声在头顶炸响。 He cracked his whip and galloped off. 他甩了个响鞭策马而去。 Dennis rubbed his hands together and cracked his knuckles. 丹尼斯搓着双手，把指关节弄得咯咯响。3 HIT somethinghit 击打 [transitive]HIT to hit someone or something hard 重击；猛击crack something on something I slipped and cracked my head on the door. 我滑了一跤，头磕在门上。 She cracked him over the head with a hammer. 她用锤子狠狠地砸他的头。4 LOSE CONTROLnot be able to continue 无法继续 [intransitive]MICRAZY to be unable to continue doing something because there is too much pressure and you do not have the mental strength to continue 〔因压力太大而〕崩溃，失控crack under Some young executives crack under the pressure of having to meet tough sales targets every month. 每月都必须完成艰巨的销售指标让一些年轻的主管压力太大、精神崩溃。 He cracked under interrogation and confessed. 他架不住盘问招供了。5 VOICEvoice 嗓音 [intransitive]EMOTIONAL if your voice cracks, it starts to sound different because you are feeling strong emotions 变嘶哑 His voice cracked slightly as he tried to explain. 他试图解释时声音变得略带沙哑。6 SOLVEsolve/understand 解决/懂得 [transitive] to find the answer to a problem or manage to understand something that is difficult to understand 解决〔难题〕；理解〔费解之事〕 SYN solve I think we’ve cracked the problem of the computer crashing all the time. 我想我们已经解决了电脑总是崩溃的难题。 It took them nearly two months to crack the code. 他们花了将近两个月的时间才破译这个密码。 This new evidence could help detectives to crack the case. 这个新证据可以帮助警探侦破此案。7 stop SB 阻止某人 [transitive] informalDESTROY to stop a person from being successful 阻碍，阻止〔某人成功〕 Political enemies have tried to crack me. 政敌试图打压我。8. open a safe 打开保险箱STEAL [transitive]SCCSTEAL to open a safe illegally in order to steal the things inside it 〔为偷窃〕砸开，撬开〔保险箱〕9 computer 计算机 [transitive] to illegally copy computer software or change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version 破解〔计算机软件〕 You can find out how to crack any kind of software on the web. 你在网上可以找到破解任何软件的办法。10 crack it British English informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to manage to do something successfully 做成某事 I think we’ve cracked it! 我想我们成功了！ He seems to have got it cracked. 他好像办成此事了。11 crack a joke JOKEto tell a joke 说笑话12 crack a smile to smile, usually only slightly or unwillingly 勉强一笑13 crack open a bottle British English informalOPEN to open a bottle of alcohol for drinking 打开一瓶酒14 get cracking informalFAST/QUICK to start doing something or going somewhere quickly 抓紧时间15. crack the whip informalWORK HARD to make people work very hard 逼手下人努力工作16 something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be informalDISAPPOINTED used to say that something is not as good as people say it is 某事物不像人们说的那么好 PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
crack• The international banking system began to crack.• Don't put delicate china in the dishwasher - it may crack.• Harding missed seven weeks of baseball practice after cracking a rib.• Her stiff joints cracked as she got out of her easy chair.• A strong earthquake cracked buildings in northwest China.• A few windows cracked from the heat during the fire.• Mary cracked her knee on the corner of her desk.• Jim cracked his head on the bottom of the bunkbed.• He slipped and cracked his head on the steps.• Freeman cracked his skull in the accident.• Koeman was involved everywhere and cracked in a 35-yard shot which cannoned back off the post after 48 minutes.• It's a tough case but I'm determined to crack it.• A stone hit the windshield and cracked it.• Give Tom a mathematical puzzle and he'll just keep on trying till he cracks it.• Milken's voice cracked on the first word. "Guilty, your honor."• I cracked one of the wine glasses when I was washing it.• From 27 February, eight score draws will no longer be enough to crack open the champagne.• Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.• But forgive him if his voice cracks or he stumbles over a word.• Historians used the Rosetta stone to crack the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics.• Detectives finally cracked the murder case.• This would be the day that I finally cracked the North Shore.• Hold the egg in your hand and gently crack the shell with a knife.• It's the first time the Spartans have cracked the top 20 in the rankings.• Cowboys cracked their whips as they herded cattle.• If I don't get some time off soon, I'll be so stressed I'll crack up.• The sheeting - you know, the polythene sounded like whips cracking when the wind got into it.cracked ... knuckles• Between moves he cracked his knuckles.• He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.• Dennis put his glass down and cracked his knuckles dramatically.crack ... code• Paul used his computer to crack the code and continued as before.• What they must do to achieve that is crack the code that enables them to win the big match.crack2 ●●● S3 noun 1 THIN SPACEOPENgap 裂缝 [countable] a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something 裂缝，缝隙2 BREAKBREAKbreak 断裂 [countable] a thin line on the surface of something when it is broken but has not actually come apart 裂痕，裂口3 weakness 缺点 [countable] a weakness or fault in an idea, system, or organization 〔观点、制度或组织中的〕缺陷，缺点4 sound 声音C [countable] a sudden loud sound like the sound of a stick being broken 爆裂声，劈啪声5 JOKE/REMARKjoke 玩笑 [countable] informal a clever joke or rude remark 俏皮话；粗鲁的话6 CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYattempt 试图 [countable] informal an attempt to do something 试图，尝试 SYN shot7 DRUGdrug 毒品 [uncountable]MDD an illegal drug that some people take for pleasure 强效可卡因8. body 身体 [countable] informal the space between someone’s buttocks 股沟9 a crack on the head HITa hard hit on the head 头上的重击10 a crack in somebody’s voice EMOTIONALa change in someone’s voice because they are feeling very upset 〔因情绪激动而引起的〕某人声音的变化11 the crack of dawn EARLYvery early in the morning 大清早，黎明，破晓12. computer 计算机 [countable] a piece of information or computer code that lets you illegally change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version 〔非法使用正版计算机软件的〕破解信息，破解码13 a fair crack of the whip British English informal the same chance as other people to do something 均等的机会，平等的机会14. another spelling of craic craic的另一种拼法Examples from the Corpus
crack• Cracks began to appear in the facade of their perfect family.• This cup has a crack in it.• Even with the car windows left open a crack, the temperature inside can reach 120 degrees in less than 30 minutes.• But somehow her name had slipped through some bureaucratic crack.• Long chains of tiny craters on Phobos suggest the drainage of regolith into deep cracks that riddle its interior.• There are a few cracks in the plaster.• Of course it would be ideal to have a material in which it was impossible to initiate cracks at all.• Jagged cracks cut across the thick glass arch over the main entryway.• As I hit the floor, I heard a loud crack in my arm.• There was a loud crack of thunder as the storm began.• Goons run rampant; crack is dealt on every corner of the Bronx, and law enforcement is something of a joke.• The X-ray showed several cracks in the bone of her left leg.• The branch broke with a sudden crack.• Then ants would crawl through the cracks in the floor and build a big nest in the middle of the bedroom.• Through the crack under the door I could smell Shelly loud and clear.• The crack in the bedroom wall seems to be widening.• Shirley has been addicted to crack for four years.• Thus mild steel structures, for instance, can generally put up with cracks at least a metre long without breaking.opened ... a crack• But Belle heard the footsteps coming towards her and opened her eyes a crack to see the huge leather shoes next to her.• I crossed the room and opened the door a crack.• The kitchen door opened a crack and a servant, her head bound tightly in blue cloth, peeked into the room.• Spotting a hatch in the far wall, she walked across and gingerly opened it a crack.• But the preacherman had opened up a crack, and got into her greymass.• The oak trunk opened, cracked by the forces of the earth.• Other doors were opened just a crack, just enough to see eyes glowing in the darkness.• As the door to understanding this Wonderland opened a crack, many researchers rushed in.cracks ... appear• It took time for the first cracks to appear.• In hot summer weather this frequently happens and, when drying is rapid, hair cracks appear.• However, if cracks do appear, you should try brushing a mixture of peat or compost and coarse sand into them.• The raft was defective and settlement occurred causing serious cracks to appear in the houses.• But then cracks began to appear again, as Quakers' discipline slipped.loud/sharp crack• I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack.• Sometimes a sharp crack and something falling into darkness.• A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.• The bomb detonated with a sharp crack, sending tiny but razor-sharp pieces of metal into the backs of the gun crews.• The umbrella fell to the floor with a sharp crack of the ferrule on the tile.• Just as they reached it, the hinges surrendered and ripped loose with a loud crack.• And sharp cracks in the distance, which could be ice or trees or could be the earth itself.• We're used to the sharp cracks of lightning and the belch of thunder issuing from the belly of the sky.have a crack• We'd have cracked somebody's head if we'd used them.• Terence's face went from being startled by his attack to astonishment, then might have cracked into a smile.• There was not one timber which did not have cracks and splints.• Luke, however, who was a genius with difficult horses, begged to be allowed to have a crack at her.• I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail.• The consortium's spokesman Chris Rowley claims his group is the only one to have cracked the retuning problem.• We have a crack now and again.• If he had smiled a moment sooner Hicks would have cracked his skull.crack3 adjective [only before noun] 1 GOOD/EXCELLENTwith a lot of experience and skill 优秀的，经验丰富的，训练有素的2. crack shot SHOOTsomeone who is able to shoot a weapon very well and hit the thing they are aiming at 神枪手，神射手Examples from the Corpus
crack• It was undeniably dead. perhaps it had been stunned by a penalty kick from a crack centre-forward.• Like crack cocaine for the soul, Charlie's Angels delivers shameful, addictive, and no doubt tremendously harmful fun.• In recent weeks, drugs squad officers have seized quantities of crack cocaine in Gloucester and Stroud.• A man found at the house, Ronald Lerma, 29, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a crack cocaine pipe.• When he did, the passenger, Jerry Wilson, dropped crack cocaine to the ground.• An attitude, a tattoo and a supply of crack cocaine.• She's an accomplished horse rider and a crack shot.Origin crack1 Old English cracianto or Corpus either to break break, something make
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crack
crack1 S3 /kræk/ 
verb
Don’t put boiling water in the glass or it will crack.
Concrete is liable to crack in very cold weather.
He picked up a piece of rock and cracked it in half.
She fell and cracked a bone in her leg.
He cracked a couple of eggs into a pan.
2. SOUND [intransitive and transitive] to make a quick loud sound like the sound of something breaking, or to make something do this:
Thunder cracked overhead.
He cracked his whip and galloped off.
Dennis rubbed his hands together and cracked his knuckles.
3. HIT [transitive] to hit someone or something hard
crack something on something
I slipped and cracked my head on the door.
She cracked him over the head with a hammer.
4. NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE [intransitive] to be unable to continue doing something because there is too much pressure and you do not have the mental strength to continue
crack under
Some young executives crack under the pressure of having to meet tough sales targets every month.
He cracked under interrogation and confessed.
5. VOICE [intransitive] if your voice cracks, it starts to sound different because you are feeling strong emotions:
His voice cracked slightly as he tried to explain.
6. SOLVE/UNDERSTAND [transitive] to find the answer to a problem or manage to understand something that is difficult to understand
SYN solve:
I think we’ve cracked the problem of the computer crashing all the time.
It took them nearly two months to crack the code.
This new evidence could help detectives to crack the case.
7. STOP SOMEBODY [transitive] informal to stop a person from being successful:
Political enemies have tried to crack me.
8. OPEN A SAFE [transitive] to open a safe illegally in order to steal the things inside it
9. COMPUTER [transitive] to illegally copy computer software or change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version:
You can find out how to crack any kind of software on the web.
10. crack it British English informal to manage to do something successfully:
I think we’ve cracked it!
He seems to have got it cracked.
11. crack a joke to tell a joke:
He kept cracking jokes about my appearance.
12. crack a smile to smile, usually only slightly or unwillingly:
Even Mr Motts managed to crack a smile at that joke.
13. crack open a bottle British English informal to open a bottle of alcohol for drinking:
We cracked open a few bottles.
14. get cracking informal to start doing something or going somewhere quickly:
I think we need to get cracking if we’re going to catch this train.
15. crack the whip informal to make people work very hard
16. something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be informal used to say that something is not as good as people say it is:
I thought the film was OK, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
crack down phrasal verb
to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved
crack down on
The government is determined to crack down on terrorism.
The police are cracking down hard on violent crime.
⇨ crackdown
■ to become broken
▪break verb [intransitive] to become damaged and separate into pieces: Plastic breaks quite easily.
▪smash verb [intransitive] to break after being hit with a lot of force: The bowl smashed as it hit the floor.
▪shatter verb [intransitive] to break into a lot of small pieces: The glass shattered all over the pavement.
▪crack verb [intransitive] if something cracks, a line appears on the surface, which means that it could later break into separate pieces: The ice was starting to crack.
▪burst verb [intransitive] if a tyre, balloon, pipe etc bursts, it gets a hole and air or liquid suddenly comes out of it: She blew up the balloon until it burst.
▪split verb [intransitive] to break in a straight line: The damp had caused the wood to split.
▪crumble verb [intransitive] to break into a powder or a lot of small pieces: The cork just crumbled in my hand.
crack into something phrasal verb
to secretly enter someone else’s computer system, especially in order to damage the system or steal the information stored on it ⇨ hack:
A teenager was accused of cracking into the company’s network.
crack on phrasal verb British English informal
to continue working hard at something in order to finish it
crack on with
I need to crack on with my project work this weekend.
crack up phrasal verb informal
1. crack (somebody) up to laugh a lot at something, or to make someone laugh a lot:
Everyone in the class just cracked up.
She’s so funny. She cracks me up.
2. to become unable to think or behave sensibly because you have too many problems or too much work:
I was beginning to think I was cracking up!
crack2 noun
1. GAP [countable] a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something
crack between
He squeezed into a crack between two rocks.
crack in
He could see them through a crack in the door.
She opened the door a crack and peeped into the room.
2. BREAK [countable] a thin line on the surface of something when it is broken but has not actually come apart
crack in
There were several small cracks in the glass.
3. WEAKNESS [countable] a weakness or fault in an idea, system, or organization
crack in
The cracks in their relationship were starting to show.
The first cracks are beginning to appear in the economic policy.
4. SOUND [countable] a sudden loud sound like the sound of a stick being broken
loud/sharp crack
There was a sharp crack as the branch broke off.
crack of
We could hear the crack of gunfire in the distance.
a crack of thunder
5. JOKE [countable] informal a clever joke or rude remark
crack about
I didn’t like his crack about her being overweight.
He’s always making cracks about how stupid I am.
6. ATTEMPT [countable] informal an attempt to do something
SYN shot
crack at
I’d like a crack at climbing that mountain.
The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack?
7. DRUG [uncountable] an illegal drug that some people take for pleasure:
crack addicts
8. BODY [countable] informal the space between someone’s buttocks
9. a crack on the head a hard hit on the head:
You’ve had a nasty crack on the head and you need to rest.
10. a crack in sb’s voice a change in someone’s voice because they are feeling very upset:
He noticed the crack in her voice as she tried to continue.
11. the crack of dawn very early in the morning
at the crack of dawn
We were up at the crack of dawn.
12. COMPUTER [countable] a piece of information or computer code that lets you illegally change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version
13. a fair crack of the whip British English informal the same chance as other people to do something:
They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip.
14. another spelling of craic
▪ hole an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it: A fox had dug a hole under our fence. | Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.
▪space an empty area between two things, into which you can put something: Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf? | a parking space
▪gap an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there: He has a gap between his two front teeth. | I squeezed through a gap in the hedge.
▪opening a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something: The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel. | I looked through the narrow opening in the wall.
▪leak a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out: a leak in the pipe | The plumber's coming to repair the leak.
▪puncture especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes: My bike's got a puncture.
▪crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something: The snake slid into a crack in the rock. | She was peering through the crack in the curtains.
▪slot a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into: You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number. | A small disk fits into a slot in the camera.
▪crater a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard: a volcanic crater | The meteor left a crater over five miles wide. | the craters on the moon
crack3 adjective [only before noun]
1. with a lot of experience and skill:
crack troops
a crack regiment
a crack sportsman
2. crack shot someone who is able to shoot a weapon very well and hit the thing they are aiming at
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verb Language: Old English
Origin: cracian
1. BREAK [intransitive and transitive] to break or to make something break, either so that it gets lines on its surface, or so that it breaks into pieces:Origin: cracian
2. SOUND [intransitive and transitive] to make a quick loud sound like the sound of something breaking, or to make something do this:
3. HIT [transitive] to hit someone or something hard
crack something on something
4. NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE [intransitive] to be unable to continue doing something because there is too much pressure and you do not have the mental strength to continue
crack under
5. VOICE [intransitive] if your voice cracks, it starts to sound different because you are feeling strong emotions:
6. SOLVE/UNDERSTAND [transitive] to find the answer to a problem or manage to understand something that is difficult to understand
SYN solve:
7. STOP SOMEBODY [transitive] informal to stop a person from being successful:
8. OPEN A SAFE [transitive] to open a safe illegally in order to steal the things inside it
9. COMPUTER [transitive] to illegally copy computer software or change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version:
10. crack it British English informal to manage to do something successfully:
11. crack a joke to tell a joke:
12. crack a smile to smile, usually only slightly or unwillingly:
13. crack open a bottle British English informal to open a bottle of alcohol for drinking:
14. get cracking informal to start doing something or going somewhere quickly:
15. crack the whip informal to make people work very hard
16. something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be informal used to say that something is not as good as people say it is:
crack down phrasal verb
to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved
crack down on
⇨ crackdown
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crack into something phrasal verb
to secretly enter someone else’s computer system, especially in order to damage the system or steal the information stored on it ⇨ hack:
crack on phrasal verb British English informal
to continue working hard at something in order to finish it
crack on with
crack up phrasal verb informal
1. crack (somebody) up to laugh a lot at something, or to make someone laugh a lot:
2. to become unable to think or behave sensibly because you have too many problems or too much work:
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noun1. GAP [countable] a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something
crack between
crack in
2. BREAK [countable] a thin line on the surface of something when it is broken but has not actually come apart
crack in
3. WEAKNESS [countable] a weakness or fault in an idea, system, or organization
crack in
4. SOUND [countable] a sudden loud sound like the sound of a stick being broken
loud/sharp crack
crack of
5. JOKE [countable] informal a clever joke or rude remark
crack about
6. ATTEMPT [countable] informal an attempt to do something
SYN shot
crack at
7. DRUG [uncountable] an illegal drug that some people take for pleasure:
8. BODY [countable] informal the space between someone’s buttocks
9. a crack on the head a hard hit on the head:
10. a crack in sb’s voice a change in someone’s voice because they are feeling very upset:
11. the crack of dawn very early in the morning
at the crack of dawn
12. COMPUTER [countable] a piece of information or computer code that lets you illegally change free software which may lack certain features of the full version, so that the free software works in the same way as the full version
13. a fair crack of the whip British English informal the same chance as other people to do something:
14. another spelling of craic
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adjective [only before noun]1. with a lot of experience and skill:
2. crack shot someone who is able to shoot a weapon very well and hit the thing they are aiming at
