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单词 crankle
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cranklen.

/ˈkraŋk(ə)l/
Etymology: < crankle v., or diminutive of crank n.2
A bend, twist, winding; a curve or angular prominence. See also crinkle-crankle n. and adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s)
folda1250
windinga1387
wrinkling1387
revolution?a1425
wrinkle1430
crink1567
crank1572
cringle-crangle1573
crinkle1596
crankle1598
crinkle-crankle1598
meander1603
anfractuosity1612
ins and outs1655
sinuationa1676
insinuationa1684
anfractus1719
sinuosity1720
flexuosity1737
evolution1765
cringle1808
wriggle1825
voluminosity1841
squiggle1902
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tortuoso, crooked, winding, full of crinkles and crankles.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Crankles, inequalities; angular prominences.
1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Feb. 177/2 The accursed Verulam Buildings had not encroached upon all the east side of them, cutting out delicate green crankles.
1845 T. N. Talfourd Vacation Rambles I. 128 It wound round one great crankle of the lake after another.
1881 W. Wilkins Songs of Study 209 Had the rack's rough crankles my joints untied.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

crankleadj.

Etymology: < crank adj.3 3.
dialect.
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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Crankle, weak; shattered. North.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

cranklev.

/ˈkraŋk(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1600s cranckle.
Etymology: Frequentative of crank v.1; in use from c1600, but apparently never very common. Compare crinkle v.1
1. intransitive. To bend in and out, to wind, twist; ‘to run in flexures and windings’ (Johnson); to run zig-zag.
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > change direction > turn or bend > bend or wind
twine1553
crankle1598
crinklea1600
creek1610
straggle1612
wind1613
serpentize1699
wander1747
serpentine1767
meander1785
zigzag1787
serpentinize1791
twister1872
snake1875
twist1879
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course
to turn and winda1398
wreathea1500
twine1553
indent1567
virea1586
crank1594
to dance the hay or hays1600
maze1605
serpent1606
to indent the way1612
cringlea1629
indenture1631
circumgyre1634
twist1635
glomerate1638
winda1682
serpentine1767
meander1785
zigzag1787
zag1793
to worm one's way1822
vandyke1828
crankle1835
thread the needle1843
switchback1903
rattlesnake1961
zig1969
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Serpicolato, turning, winding, crankling in and out like a serpent.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Serpeger, to wind, or crankle in and out..to goe wauing etc. like a serpent.
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. iv. iv The river crankles round an alder grove.
1835 M. Scott Cruise Midge xiv The forked lightning crankled out every now and then clear and bright.
1851 S. Judd Margaret (1871) xvii. 149 Some went crankling and sheering, some described somersets.
2. transitive. To bend sinuously, to zig-zag; to crinkle (a surface).
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > ridge > minutely
crankle1594
crisp1632
crank1660
crimp1772
the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > cause to have series of curves [verb (transitive)] > many or winding
crinklec1430
crankle1708
wriggle1760
1594 [see crankled adj. at Derivatives].
1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 274 Stones..somwhat roundish,..Streaked and crankled like a Cockle-shell.
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 14 Old Vaga's stream..her wonted Track Forsook, and drew her humid Train aslope, Crankling her Banks.

Derivatives

ˈcrankled adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K Writhings, & crankled wandrings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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