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crane 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/krān/,
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cranes, plural;
  1. Stretch out one's neck in order to see something
    • - she craned forward to look more clearly
  2. Stretch out (one's neck) in this way

  3. Move (a heavy object) with a crane
    • - the wheelhouse module is craned into position on the hull
Noun
  1. A tall, long-legged, long-necked bird, typically with white or gray plumage and often with tail plumes and patches of bare red skin on the head. Cranes are noted for their elaborate courtship dances

  1. United States writer (1871-1900)
  2. stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
  3. Grus: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
  4. lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
  5. large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
  6. Crane-Simplex is a defunct car manufacturer, operating in New York City, USA at the beginning of the 20th century.
  7. Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. There are fifteen species. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America.
  8. A crane is a lifting machine, generally equipped with a winder (also called a wire rope drum), wire ropes or chains and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. ...
  9. Crane is a pseudonym of Richard Alan Krieger (born ca. 1956). He is a trumpeter and vocalist that has played and recorded with Minutemen on their albums Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat and Project: Mersh, and with that group's D. ...
  10. A railroad crane, (crane car or wrecker (US) or breakdown crane (UK)) is a type of crane used on a railroad for one of three primary uses: freight handling in goods yards, permanent way (PW) maintenance, and accident recovery work. ...
  11. Crane is a surname of English origin, and may refer to
  12. A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying; A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes; To extend (one's neck); To raise or lower with a crane
  13. (CRANES) Pieces of iron or timber at the vessel's sides, used to stow boats or spars upon. A machine used at a wharf for hoisting.
  14. (Cranes) An AWP which consists of a cuboid cabinet in which a physical grab is fitted. The player manipulates the grab using controls designed for the purpose into a position which he believes will result in the grab clasping a prize over which he has positioned the grab when it is released on ...
  15. (Cranes) USE Handling machinery
  16. A machine designed to move material by means of a hoist.
  17. A materials handling device that lifts heavy items. There are two types: bridge and stacker.
  18. Mobile machine mounted on a turntable on wheels or crawler tracks for hoisting material (22).
  19. Craniofacial Anomalies Register
  20. (grus cinerea). — The word does not occur in D.V., but seems the best translation of Hebrew, 'ãghûr, read in two passages: Isaiah 38:14 and Jeremiah 8:7, where its loud voice and migratory instincts are alluded to. There is little doubt that the two above indicated places of D.V. ...
  21. A position in the body is extended upward and one leg is extended forward at a 90-degree angle.
  22. machine for lifting and moving heavy weights. Cranes may be mobile, floating or fixed to the shore or to the deck of a ship. ...
  23. For the purposes of the PECPR Regulations a crane is a powered device equipped with mechanical means of raising and lowering loads suspended by means of hooks, twist locks, shackles, pins, or lifting blocks, and that, by moving the whole device or any part of it (such as a boom, jib or trolley), ...
  24. Grace & Balance. The crane is a graceful beautiful bird, whose beauty makes it look helpless. It uses its balance and grace (fluidity) against the opponent. ...
  25. A piece of heavy equipment with a mobile arm upon which the camera is mounted, enabling sweeping camera movement and high angle shots.