crane
/kreɪn/ (bre, ipa) · [krˈen] /kreɪn/ (ame, ipa) · [krˈen] /ˈkrān/ (ame, mw)
crane — 名詞
- cranesingular
- cranesplural
1. a piece of heavy equipment with an arm that can swing around, used for raising a
起重機
用於吊運重物的機械
a piece of heavy equipment with an arm that can swing around, used for raising and shifting extremely heavy loads like steel beams or shipping containers.
A yellow crane swung a steel beam onto the half-built bridge.
一台黃色起重機將鋼樑吊到興建中的橋樑上。
collocation: swung [object] onto [place]
Port workers used a crane to lift the container from the truck.
港口工人用起重機將貨櫃從卡車上吊起。
collocation: used a crane to lift [object]
The crane operator carefully lowered the air conditioner onto the hospital roof.
起重機操作員小心翼翼地將空調機組放到醫院屋頂上。
Diego watched the crane lift heavy bags of cement to the top floor.
Diego 看著起重機把一袋袋水泥吊到頂樓。
文法句型
crane + verb (singular/plural)
a crane / the crane / cranes
常見錯誤
2. a tall long-legged water bird with a long neck and pointed beak, found in marshe
鶴
腿長頸長的大型水鳥
a tall long-legged water bird with a long neck and pointed beak, found in marshes, wetlands, and plains across much of the globe.
Kenji photographed a grey crane standing in the shallow lake water.
Kenji 拍到一隻灰色鶴鳥站在淺淺的湖水中。
collocation: standing in shallow water
Flocks of migrating cranes return to Ingrid's village every spring.
每年春天，成群的遷徙鶴鳥回到 Ingrid 的村莊。
Amara watched a white crane stand on one leg waiting for fish.
Amara 看著一隻白鶴單腳站立，等待魚兒游過。
The crane spread its wide wings and rose into the morning sky.
那隻鶴展開寬大的翅膀，飛入清晨的天空。
文法句型
a crane / the crane / cranes
flock of cranes
用法筆記
Distinguish from 'heron': cranes have shorter, straighter beaks and fly with their necks straight out, while herons fold their necks back in flight.
常見錯誤
crane — 動詞
- cranepresent simple I / you / we / they
- cranes3rd person singular
- craning-ing form
- cranedpast simple
1. to stretch your neck forwards, upwards, or sideways in order to see something th
伸長脖子
伸長脖子以便觀看
to stretch your neck forwards, upwards, or sideways in order to see something that is partly hidden or far away — for example, craning your neck to watch a parade over a crowd.
The children craned their necks to watch the parade go by.
孩子們伸長脖子看遊行隊伍經過。
transitive: crane + possessive + neck
Hassan craned forward to read the tiny print on the old map.
Hassan 伸長脖子往前傾，想看清舊地圖上的小字。
intransitive: craned forward
Wei craned his neck to see the stage above the crowd.
Wei 伸長脖子越過人群想看到舞台。
The crowd craned their necks as the singer walked onto the stage.
群眾伸長脖子看著歌手走上舞台。
- stretch
more general; 'stretch your neck' is clearer but less idiomatic than 'crane your neck'
文法句型
crane one's neck to [verb]
crane forward / around
crane to see/look/watch
用法筆記
The transitive pattern ('crane your neck') is far more common than the intransitive ('crane to see'). The object is almost always a body part — usually 'neck', sometimes 'head'.