单词 | to crane one's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto crane one's head 2. To stretch (the neck) like a crane. (Also, rarely, to crane one's head.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body astretchc1000 reachOE stretcha1375 to make a long neck1490 stram1792 crane1799 1799 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 64 A grotesque being, a little man who can..crane up his neck to the top-tower window. 1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant 319 We all craned our necks over the edge to see what had become of our companion. 1886 W. H. Mallock Old Order Changes III. 34 Craning his head forward he looked in the direction indicated. < as lemmas |
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