crane
US: /ˈkɹeɪn/
UK: /kɹˈeɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
crane /krein/- danh từ
- (động vật học) con sếu
- (kỹ thuật) cần trục
- xiphông
- (ngành đường sắt) vòi lấy nước ((cũng) water crane)
- ngoại động từ
- nâng (trục, bốc, cất) (hàng) bằng cần trục
- vươn, nghển
- to crane one's neck: nghển cổ
- nội động từ
- vươn cổ, nghển cổ
- (crane at) chùn lại, chùn bước, dừng lại
- to crane at a hedge: chùn bước lại không dám nhảy qua hàng rào (ngựa)
- to crane at a difficulty: chùn bước trước khó khăn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a tall machine with a long arm, used to lift and move building materials and other heavy objects
2 a large bird with long legs and a long neck
+ verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck: [V] People were craning out of the windows and waving. + [VN] She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.
Concise dictionary
cranes|craned|craningkreɪnnoun
+United States writer (1871-1900)
+United States poet (1899-1932)
+a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
+lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
+large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
verb
+stretch (the neck) so as to see better
