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

• As the swimming races got off to an exciting start below, she could be seen craning her neck to try and get a better view over Mrs Whitehead.
  看台下，游泳比赛如火如荼地开始了，而她只能伸着脖子，试图避开怀特海德夫人看得更清楚些。
• Lowering its head and craning its neck, it bursts into a wild gallop.
  它反而更低地向前伸着头，开始狂奔。
• Craning his neck, Harry saw it expand into being in midair.
  哈利扭过脖子，看见砖墙在空中延伸、成形。
• That you weren't craning a little to see?
  说你不想伸长脖子看一眼？
• Jenna got as close to the gate as she was allowed, craning her neck to watch for the family she was about to claim.
  简娜尽可能靠近通道的大门口，伸长脖子找她就要认的家人。
• According to above mentioned features, it is determined that the concrete roof and walls are demolished by use of a cutting craning method while the reinforced concrete beams and posts are demolished by blasting method.
  根据上述特点，决定混凝土顶板和侧墙采用切割机分割和吊运的方法予以拆除，而钢筋混凝土梁和立柱则用爆破方法拆除。
• The craning conveyance machine has got a long developed history, its application is extremely extensive.
  起重运输机械有着悠久的发展历史，其应用极为广泛。
• 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 general craning of necks as the jewel in the white shirt front sparkled and the cab moved off.
  大家都伸长了脖子，看着那白衬衫前襟上闪闪发亮的宝石，目送着马车离去。
• 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。