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V-ERG
(使)破裂;(使)裂開;(使)斷裂
If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
例句
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes...
鄰居車庫下面的煤氣總管裂開了，煤氣滲入了我們家。
Remove the dish from the oven, crack the salt crust and you will find the skin just peels off the fish.
把盤子從烤箱里拿出來，弄碎魚表面的那層鹽，魚皮就會從魚身上剝落下來了。
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V-ERG
(使)發出爆裂聲;(使)噼啪作響
If something cracks, or if you crack it, it makes a sharp sound like the sound of a piece of wood breaking.
例句
Thunder cracked in the sky...
空中雷聲咔嚓作響。
He cracked his fingers nervously.
他緊張不安地把手指按得咔吧作響。
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VERB
重擊;猛擊
If you crack a hard part of your body, such as your knee or your head, you hurt it by accidentally hitting it hard against something.
例句
He cracked his head on the pavement and was knocked cold.
他一頭撞到人行道上，不省人事了。
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VERB
打破;砸開;砸碎
When you crack something that has a shell, such as an egg or a nut, you break the shell in order to reach the inside part.
例句
Crack the eggs into a bowl.
把雞蛋打在一個碗中。
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VERB
(尤指經過反復思考)找到…的解決辦法，破譯(密碼)
If you crack a problem or a code, you solve it, especially after a lot of thought.
例句
He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking research.
經過多年的努力研究，他終于找到了破解這個系統的辦法。
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VERB
(因壓力大而)失控，崩潰，瓦解
If someone cracks, they lose control of their emotions or actions because they are under a lot of pressure.
例句
She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack...
她鎮定而且堅強，絕不會垮掉。
I had the conviction Larkin's nerve would crack and he'd squeeze the trigger in a reflex action...
我確信拉金會神經崩潰，他會反射性地扣動扳機。
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VERB
(因感情強烈而嗓音)變嘶啞，變沙啞
If your voice cracks when you are speaking or singing, it changes in pitch because you are feeling a strong emotion.
例句
Her voice cracked and she began to cry.
她的聲音變得沙啞，繼而哭了起來。
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VERB
說(笑話);開(玩笑)
If you crack a joke, you tell it.
例句
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.
他愛說笑話，喜歡談論啤酒和姑娘。
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PHRASE
不如別人說的那么好
If you say that something is not all it's cracked up to be, you mean that it is not as good as other people have said it is.
例句
Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
全包旅游并不總像人們說的那么好。