crane

noun

1. 起重机；吊车
   a tall machine with a long arm, used to lift and move building materials and other heavy objects
2. 鹤
   a large bird with long legs and a long neck

verb

1. （为看得更清楚而）探着身子；伸长（脖子）
   to lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck
   1. People were craning out of the windows and waving.
      人们把头探出窗外挥手致意。
   2. She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.
      她伸长了脖子，好把舞台看清楚些。

1. N-COUNT 起重机;吊车
   A crane is 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。
2. 鹤
   A crane is a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs.
3. VERB (为看或听得更清楚)伸长(脖子)，探(头)
   If you crane your 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。

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。
2. She craned her neck to get a better view
   她伸长脖子想看得更清楚些。
3. Children craned to get close to him
   孩子们探着身子想靠近他。
4. She craned forward to look at me.
   她向前探出身子看着我。
5. A crane was already unloading crates and pallets.
   起重机已经开始卸载木箱和托盘了。
6. A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream
   只好用了起重机，才将轿车从河里拖出来。
7. Then a crane hoisted him on to the platform.
   然后一台升降机将他送到了舞台上。
8. They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water
   它们还在从起重机上掉落的地方，一部分露出水面。
9. The crane made rumbling sound.
   吊车发出隆隆的响声。
10. This machine is called a crane.
    这种机器叫做起重机。
11. The crane lifted the bales into the hold.
    起重机将大包吊进货舱。
12. Must we wait till the crane arrives before we start loading?
    非要等起重机来了才能装运吗？
13. The crane and the mother-of-pearl fight to death.
    鹬蚌相争。
14. The crane, on being wounded, said," prophetic crow, where now are your auspices?"
    鹤受了伤，说道：“预言者乌鸦，这一次你的预兆呢？”
15. An English experience exchanging meeting of primary school were held in white crane primary school.
    小学英语网络教学经验交流会在白鹤小学举行。
16. Walking or standing under the crane is prohibited.
    起重机下，禁止行走或停留。
17. You have left me behind, old friend, at the Yellow Crane terrace,| on your way to visit Yangzhou in the misty month of flowers.
    故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。（李白《送孟浩然之广陵》）
18. We used a crane to lift the piano into the theater.
    我们使用起重机将钢琴搬进剧场。
19. That's the famed crane island.
    那里就是著名的鹤屿。
20. Crane is a kind of bird with very long legs and neck.
    鹤是一种脚和脖子都很长的鸟。
21. I need a crane to lift my finger.
    我需要起重机才能抬起我的手指。
22. Crawler crane and hydraulic cranes are also used for steel structure buildings.
    履带吊和汽车吊在钢结构建筑建设中很常见。
23. This book describes in detail with the crane hoisting the computing and security technologies.
    本书详尽介绍了与起重吊装有关的计算和安全技术。
24. Had the cargo crane been installed?
    起重机安装好了没有？
25. After that, you have a crane.
    在这之后，起重机产生了。
26. This procedure provides the expected standard for crane use and operations on all BSF projects.
    本程序提供了适用于所有BSF项目上的吊车使用和操作的期望标准。
27. This is a group for the crane reel.
    这是一种用于起重机的卷筒组。
28. The tentative treatment schemes were put forward to solve the existing problems in prestressed concrete crane girders.
    分析了预应力混凝土吊车梁存在的问题，并结合实际情况，对其提出了初步可行的处理方案。

noun

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

2. lifts and moves heavy objects

verb

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

   Synonym:    stretch out