Crane

(noun.) large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world.

(noun.) lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis.

(noun.) United States poet (1899-1932).

(noun.) United States writer (1871-1900).

(verb.) stretch (the neck) so as to see better; 'The women craned their necks to see the President drive by'.

整理:弗娜

• When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the second son of Mr. Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The heating furnace and oil tank are served by a sixty-ton traveling crane and forty-ton jib crane. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The episode of Nettie Crane's timely rescue from disease had been one of the most satisfying incidents of her connection with Gerty's charitable work. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In illustration of this idea he invented a crane, which was erected on Newcastle quay in 1846; another was constructed on the Albert dock at Liverpool, and others at other places. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The tribes are represented by their totems, martens, bear, manfish, and catfish, led by the crane. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A relatively simple complex machine called the crane (Fig. 116) maybe seen almost any day on the street, or wherever heavy weights are being lifted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The press is served by two 200-ton cranes with hydraulic lift and pneumatic travel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Giant cranes (215 feet long span). 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• An interesting item in regard to these cranes is that the load can be moved in three directions at one time, this being accomplished by means of the small car hoist. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Overhead are traveling cranes which have a capacity of forty tons each. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up, and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Then he approached it, and, standing on tiptoe with his neck craned, he looked into the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In an instant Holmes had raced up on to the ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every direction. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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