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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors.
  德思礼太太是个瘦削的金发女人。她的脖子几乎比正常人长一倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着篱墙引颈而望、窥探左邻右舍时，她的长脖子可就派上了大用场。
• 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。
• He stood there dumbly, craning his neck and swallowing noisily.
  他呆呆的立在那里，直着脖子咽吐沫。
• Your craning relieves me of the bother of writing a long letter.
  你的到来使我免去了写一封长信的麻烦。
• 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。
• Where would you-advise me to go for this craning vacation?
  你说这次休假我去哪儿好？
• 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。