craning

英 [ˈkreɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˈkreɪnɪŋ]

v.  (为看得更清楚而)探着身子; 伸长(脖子)
crane的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 起重机;吊车
  Acraneis a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
  1. The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
     那间用预制板搭建的小棚屋被一辆大型起重机吊走了。
• 鹤
  Acraneis a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs.
• VERB (为看或听得更清楚)伸长(脖子)，探(头)
  If youcraneyour neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better.
  1. She craned her neck to get a better view...
     她伸长脖子想看得更清楚些。
  2. Children craned to get close to him...
     孩子们探着身子想靠近他。
  3. She craned forward to look at me.
     她向前探出身子看着我。

双语例句

• Only by craning forward out of the window can you see who is waiting for you downstairs.
  只有把头探出窗外，你才能看得见在楼下等你的人是谁。
• Mike was craning his neck to get the first glimpse of the car.
  迈克伸长脖子，想第一眼看到这辆车子。
• Craning his neck, Mr. Lin glared at the backs of the group of peasants, and sparks shot from his eyes.
  林先生伸长了脖子，望到那班乡下人的背景，眼睛里冒出火来。
• The policeman had been standing on the settee staring out, craning to see who was at the door.
  警察站在长凳上，伸长了脖子.以想看看是谁在门口。
• Design and analysis on special-purpose craning structure for installing large-scale thermal generating set
  大型火力发电机组吊装专用起重架构的设计与分析
• They showed me the hidden things silence revealed: a pheasant craning its neck to spy on us from a thicket, a crow hopping from branch to branch, a raccoon snoring in its den.
  他们指给我那些原本隐藏起来、却被寂静暴露了的东西：一头野鸡从灌木丛中伸长脖子打探我们，一只乌鸦在树枝间跳来跳去，一只浣熊在窝里打鼾。
• There was a loud burst of applause as he bowed and a craning of necks from the ladies in the corner.
  他鞠躬时全场发出热烈的喝彩声，连坐在角落里的太太们也伸长脖子在看他。
• Thank you all for craning, and we'll look forward to seeing you next year at the next contest.
  谢谢各位光临，期待明年在下一次的比赛中见到你们。
• Where would you-advise me to go for this craning vacation?
  你说这次休假我去哪儿好？
• You just don't know where the others have been, she says, craning her neck towards the window.
  你就是不知道其他人去过哪里，她一边说，一边将脖子伸出窗外。