crack down on +
鎮壓；取締
The police always crack down on drink-driving offences over the Christmas period.
crack on
繼續奮力做某事
We had to crack on to get everything finished on time.
crack up
瘋掉；(精神) 崩潰
He cracked up after his son died and had to take a couple of months off work.
crack up
手機收訊不良
You’ll have to talk louder- you’re cracking up.
crack up
放聲大笑；捧腹大笑
Everybody cracked up when he told the joke.
crack * up +
(使) (飛機、車輛等) 撞毀
He cracked his car up last night when he came off the road.
crank out
不顧品質地大量製造
My boss keeps cranking out stupid memos.
crank * up +
注射 (毒品)
He’s been cranking up heroin for years.
crank * up +
用曲柄發動 (機器、汽車引擎等)
He cranked the saw up.
crank * up +
提高…的等級 (或程度)
I cranked the volume up as high as it would go.
We’ll have to crank up the air conditioning tonight.
crash out
(通常在很疲倦時) 很快睡著
I crashed out in front of the TV last night.
crash out
(因太累走不動或醉得不省人事而) 睡在某人家裡
David crashed out at a friend’s flat after the end-of-term party.
cream * off +
甄選或挑走 (最好、最優秀的人才)
The private schools cream off many of the best pupils.
They always cream off all the best students.
cream * off +
撈走，捲走
This means smaller banks can cream off excess profits during lending booms.
I wondered how much Allen had creamed off in addition to his share.
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