cracking
裂缝,裂纹,开裂,破解
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Definitions
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- : the process of breaking down certain hydrocarbons into simpler ones of lower boiling points by means of excess heat, distillation under pressure, etc., in order to give a greater yield of low-boiling products than could be obtained by simple distillation.Compare catalytic cracking.
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- : extremely; unusually: We saw a cracking good match at the stadium.
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Informal.
- : done with precision; smart: A cracking salute from the honor guard.
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Examples
That in turn would help prevent cracking, which often occurs when the exterior of a piece of wood dries out faster than the interior.
You have things like no sewer pipes and other things that are greasy and cracking.
One chiro I follow adjusts baby spines, slowly, carefully, with basically no audible cracking.
The party that controls the maps can grab power through packing or cracking.
The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.
Protestors say the president is cracking down on free speech.
It was a street-sweep, and violence had broken out, and the government was cracking down.
For a country forever cracking down on those perceived as veering from the sexual norm, being gay is finally starting to pay.
The more accomplished students took classes in safe-cracking, burglary, blackmail, and confidence games.
His foot caught; it is unknown in what,—in a twisted tie, or perhaps in a crevice of the cracking earth.
Along the shore they sped, speaking not a word till they had got the village in sight and their arms were cracking in the joints.
After waiting long, the hunters heard high above them a cracking, rushing sound; and suddenly they saw a great, hovering object.
"Up to sixteen thousand tons," Darrin replied, without cracking a smile.
Neither did his ears hear at first a low muffled cracking that had been going on for some time.