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🔑crackcrack1 /kræk / noun - [countable] a line on the surface of something where it has broken, but not into separate pieces裂缝；裂纹◆a pane of glass with a crack in it一块有裂纹的窗玻璃
- [countable] a narrow opening缝隙；细缝◆The wind blew through the cracks in the roof.风从屋顶的缝隙吹进来。
- [countable] a sudden loud, sharp sound（突然的）爆裂声，噼啪声◆There was a crack and he realized that he had broken his leg.啪的一声，他意识到自己的腿断了。
- [countable] an amusing, often critical, remark; a joke（常指挖苦人的）俏皮话；玩笑◆She made a crack about his clothes.她拿他的衣服开了个玩笑。 SYN wisecrack
- ( ˌcrack coˈcaine) [uncountable] a dangerous and illegal drug that some people take for pleasure and then cannot stop taking强效可卡因◆to smoke crack吸食强效可卡因◆a crack addict吸强效可卡因成瘾的人
 ●at the crack of dawnvery early in the morning破晓；黎明●fall / slip through the cracksto not be noticed, helped, or checked by anyone不被注意；被疏忽；被遗漏◆We need to make sure that no abused children fall through the cracks in the social services.我们要确保所有受虐儿童无一例外地得到社会福利的帮助。
🔑crackcrack2 /kræk / verb - [intransitive, transitive] to break so that a line appears, but without breaking into pieces; to make something do this（使）开裂；（使）出现裂缝◆Don't put boiling water into that glass – it'll crack.别把开水倒进那个玻璃杯，会裂的。◆You can crack this kind of glass, but you can't break it.这种玻璃能砸出裂痕，但不会破碎。
- [transitive] to break something open砸开；砸破◆Crack two eggs into a bowl.将两个鸡蛋打进碗里。
- [intransitive, transitive] to make a sudden loud, sharp sound; to cause something to make this sound（使）发出爆裂声；（使）噼啪作响◆The cowboy cracked his whip.牧牛人把鞭子甩得啪啪响。
- [intransitive] to stop being able to deal with pressure and so lose control（因承受不了压力）崩溃，垮掉◆She cracked under the strain of all her problems.在种种问题的重压下，她崩溃了。
- [transitive] (informal) to solve a problem解决；搞定◆Police have finally cracked the murder case.警方最终破获了那起谋杀案。
- [transitive] (informal) to reach a difficult goal实现（难度大的目标）◆We're hoping to crack the Asian markets with these two new products.我们希望能靠这两种新产品打开亚洲市场。
- [transitive] to tell or make a joke开（玩笑）；说（笑话）
 ●crack down (on sb / sth)(used about people in authority) to start dealing severely with bad or illegal behavior（当局）严厉打击◆The police have started to crack down on drug dealers.警方已开始严厉打击贩毒分子。●crack up (informal) - to suddenly start laughing突然大笑◆I crack up every time I watch this video.我每次看这个录像都会笑喷。
- to be unable to deal with pressure and so lose control and become mentally ill（因承受不了压力）崩溃，垮掉◆He cracked up when his wife left him.他在妻子离开他之后精神崩溃了。
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