crane
起重机,吊车,起重器,起重车
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Definitions
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- : any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- : any of various similar birds of other families, as the great blue heron.
- : Machinery. a device for lifting and moving heavy weights in suspension.
- : any of various similar devices, as a horizontally swinging arm by a fireplace, used for suspending pots over the fire.
- : Movies, Television. a vehicle having a long boom on which a camera can be mounted for taking shots from high angles.
- : Nautical. any of a number of supports for a boat or spare spar on the deck or at the side of a vessel.
- : Astronomy. the constellation Grus.
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craned, cran·ing.
- : to hoist, lower, or move by or as by a crane.
- : to stretch as a crane does.
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craned, cran·ing.
- : to stretch out one's neck, especially to see better.
- : to hesitate at danger, difficulty, etc.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Finally, the craft used rocket thrusters to slow down further and then a system known as a sky crane to lower the rover the final distance to the surface.
The landing came at the end of a cruise through interplanetary space and a dive through the Martian atmosphere, as the rover and its rocket-supported crane shed parachutes, a heat shield, and a lot of speed.
As I stood in the middle of piles of paper cranes, stuffed animals and bibles, I knew I wouldn’t soon forget that scene.
“Young cranes are inquisitive creatures and will sometimes eat things they should not eat,” the USGS’s Jessica Fitzpatrick wrote to me in an email.
If a couple prefers donations to a charity, then guests can give to charity, give nothing or give checks made out to the couple — which they can then donate, spend on themselves or fold into cranes.
Excited, Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California.
During our meeting, Yuji took a small paper crane from a plastic box and dropped it into my palm.
This is a project run by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership.
If I look hard enough online, will I find video of you in one of those whooping crane suits?
I made it physical, and the actors were really hanging from a crane 100 feet above the ground.
A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried.
They did so, and Crane looked up at the fat hardware man with eyes that were not quite so contemptuous.
"Ten thousand eight hundred," Crane's youth bid, desperately.
He went back to his hardware store and waited—waited for Crane and Keith to start their inevitable logging operations.
After long delays Crane and Keith made pretense of building camps and starting to log.