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

• And it's also hard to actually look at your partner without craning your neck around.
  同时，在不转动脖子的情况下，也很很难看清自己的搭档。
• 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。
• Ask in the scene working indicating prompt withdrawing from under personnel's craning one's neck to look forward along dispersed instruction.
  请在工作人员的引领下沿着疏散指示标志迅速的撤离现场。
• Where would you-advise me to go for this craning vacation?
  你说这次休假我去哪儿好？
• A young visitor, craning his neck, suggests tourists will crowd from afar to see all this.
  一位年轻的游客伸长了脖子朝前看，这说明游客们不得不摩肩接踵，只能在老远的地方观赏它们。
• He stood there dumbly, craning his neck and swallowing noisily.
  他呆呆的立在那里，直着脖子咽吐沫。
• 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。
• People were craning out of the windows and waving.
  人们把身子探出窗外，挥舞着手。
• Thank you all for craning, and we'll look forward to seeing you next year at the next contest.
  谢谢各位光临，期待明年在下一次的比赛中见到你们。
• 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。