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单词 crackle
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Definition of crackle in English:

crackle

verb ˈkrak(ə)lˈkræk(ə)l
[no object]
  • 1Make a rapid succession of short sharp noises.

    the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He could not hear the flames crackling around him, nor Sorcha calling for him to stop.
    • Birds were calling at us, and leaves and sticks snapped and crackled beneath our feet.
    • A speaker in the ceiling crackled loudly with some code and two nurses hurried up the hall.
    • The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires crackled and snapped quietly.
    • Then she crackled her knuckles and darted out into the Meadow, where she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
    • A Fire crackled in the fireplace, and the furniture was in ok shape.
    • The sound of his voice crackled loudly over the speaker, which couldn't quite keep up with his volume.
    • The radio crackles again and we are called to a pub to deal with a fight that has broken out.
    • She could hear leaves crackling underfoot as she and her father walked through the mountains in autumn.
    • The fire in the fireplace crackled softly and set a soft glow upon the room.
    • The radio transmitter crackled again and the pilot swore under his breath.
    • Just as Kimberly was about to say something else, the intercom crackled to life.
    • I sat curled up on the Victorian sofa watching the flames burn and crackle in the fireplace.
    • A small fire crackled merrily on the hearth over which a kettle hung.
    • Is there anything quite so snug and cozy, more redolent of home than a good fire crackling on the hearth?
    • The fire crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.
    • He covered one wall and then another when his comm unit crackled again.
    • Another bolt of lightning crackled loudly over their heads.
    • Machine guns crackled across the late afternoon sky.
    • Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.
    Synonyms
    sizzle, frizzle, fizz, hiss, crack, snap, sputter
    technical decrepitate
    rare crepitate
    1. 1.1 Give a sense of great tension or animation.
      attraction and antagonism were crackling between them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Every ball has resonated with meaning, every moment has crackled with tension.
      • The room snapped and crackled with tension as every eyes turned towards her, observing her, cautiously, amusingly.
      • Tommy seemed unaffected by the tension that crackled through the holding.
      • The air between us seems to crackle and fizz with tension.
      • The air crackled with the pure energy, making Kino's ears ring.
      • The air crackled with energy while my body pulsed with it.
      • Her line deliveries crackle with a wit and grace all but absent in today's market.
      • Even the humans and the animals could sense something was wrong; everything around them crackled with tension.
      • Chandler's words crackle and dance, amusing us while instilling a sense of impending doom.
      • The former had called, but the conversations had been brief and crackling with tension.
      • Just the thought of that garden, I admit, fills me with something crackling and sharp, an electric kind of longing.
      • The air crackled with tension and Alec thought he was going to explode if he did not get answers soon.
      • Nancy Dowd's script crackles with wit, while Newman is at his manipulative, womanising best.
      • The fact that he himself is a murderer merely adds to the background tension that crackles from the first page.
      • She told him how she sensed the tension crackling between us on the set.
      • The tension that crackled between the two was enough to snap a board in half.
      • The manager seemed cool, calm and collected as the place crackled with excitement and tension.
      • Factory Records are in town and everyone I know is crackling with anticipation.
      • The air in the Odyssey arena begins to crackle with excitement.
noun ˈkrak(ə)lˈkræk(ə)l
  • 1A sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises.

    there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They sounded exactly the same as in the movie, with the radio crackle afterwards.
    • There is lots of white noise in the track - crackles and pops that indicate age and handling mishaps.
    • There was a dead silence in the room except for the occasional crackle of the jumping embers inside the fireplace.
    • The cave was silent except for an occasional crackle from the dying fire.
    • Above the static and the crackle of automatic gunfire there was the sound of sobbing and screaming.
    • "All the time I was climbing over the wreckage, I could hear the crackle of flames.
    • The sound is richer and free of the very occasional crackle and hiss that existed on the laserdisc.
    • There was a loud crackle of flames, and it was over.
    • Adam sat bold upright as the crackle of twigs breaking caught his attention.
    • I threw it back and spun around when I heard a loud crackle.
    • The music sometimes sounds a bit wobbly, and pops and crackles are heard throughout the mixes.
    • Sharp crackles of escaping air fill the night already alive with the sounds of crickets.
    • His boots clumped loudly on the stone floor, accompanied by the sharp crackle of burning wood.
    • Chest examination revealed fine late inspiratory crackles with otherwise normal breath sounds.
    • My hands tingle and I hiss as the slight, uncomfortable crackle of electricity.
    • She closed her eyes and listened to the soft crackle of the warm campfire.
    • Auscultation of the lungs revealed inspiratory crackles in the lower lung zones.
    • A crackle of thunder ripped through the darkening sky and the rain became more intense.
    • The only sound was the soft crackle of flames and crickets chirping in the field.
    • The crackle of gunfire could be heard over the noon call to prayer.
    Synonyms
    crackle, crackling, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, sizzle, sizzling, crack, sputter, white noise
  • 2mass noun A pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The crackle varnish of recent years provides a geological quality probably inspired by the Porcelain series of works by a 1990s collaborator, Heather Straka.
    • The surface of the drawing was then polished, and parts were carefully burnt in with a heat lamp, producing a crackle pattern.
    • She also creates crackle finishes, which makes the frame truly customized.
    • Vary the thickness of your crackle glaze until you obtain the desired appearance.

Derivatives

  • crackly

  • adjectivecrackliest, cracklier
    • Superb costumes and well-executed scenery changes made up for crackly sound and a first-half that dragged a little.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So far I've teased three clips out, and they're not just fuzzy and crackly, they're very small.
      • I remember hearing the speech of King George V on a crackly radio.
      • A crackly voice echoed out of radio sets across Afghanistan.
      • I had to cast a spell, which required making claw-hands and issuing some sort of crackly lightning sounds.
      • I think it's great apart from the sound quality that goes crackly for about a minute then is fine for two then crackly again.

Origin

Late Middle English: from crack + -le4.

Rhymes

cackle, grackle, hackle, jackal, mackle, shackle
 
 

Definition of crackle in US English:

crackle

verbˈkræk(ə)lˈkrak(ə)l
[no object]
  • 1Make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises.

    the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just as Kimberly was about to say something else, the intercom crackled to life.
    • A Fire crackled in the fireplace, and the furniture was in ok shape.
    • Is there anything quite so snug and cozy, more redolent of home than a good fire crackling on the hearth?
    • A speaker in the ceiling crackled loudly with some code and two nurses hurried up the hall.
    • The fire crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.
    • A small fire crackled merrily on the hearth over which a kettle hung.
    • The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires crackled and snapped quietly.
    • The fire in the fireplace crackled softly and set a soft glow upon the room.
    • He covered one wall and then another when his comm unit crackled again.
    • Another bolt of lightning crackled loudly over their heads.
    • The radio transmitter crackled again and the pilot swore under his breath.
    • She could hear leaves crackling underfoot as she and her father walked through the mountains in autumn.
    • Machine guns crackled across the late afternoon sky.
    • Birds were calling at us, and leaves and sticks snapped and crackled beneath our feet.
    • The sound of his voice crackled loudly over the speaker, which couldn't quite keep up with his volume.
    • I sat curled up on the Victorian sofa watching the flames burn and crackle in the fireplace.
    • The radio crackles again and we are called to a pub to deal with a fight that has broken out.
    • Then she crackled her knuckles and darted out into the Meadow, where she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
    • Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.
    • He could not hear the flames crackling around him, nor Sorcha calling for him to stop.
    Synonyms
    sizzle, frizzle, fizz, hiss, crack, snap, sputter
    1. 1.1 Give a sense of great tension or animation.
      attraction and antagonism were crackling between them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The air between us seems to crackle and fizz with tension.
      • The air crackled with tension and Alec thought he was going to explode if he did not get answers soon.
      • She told him how she sensed the tension crackling between us on the set.
      • Tommy seemed unaffected by the tension that crackled through the holding.
      • The fact that he himself is a murderer merely adds to the background tension that crackles from the first page.
      • The manager seemed cool, calm and collected as the place crackled with excitement and tension.
      • Every ball has resonated with meaning, every moment has crackled with tension.
      • Factory Records are in town and everyone I know is crackling with anticipation.
      • The air crackled with energy while my body pulsed with it.
      • Chandler's words crackle and dance, amusing us while instilling a sense of impending doom.
      • Just the thought of that garden, I admit, fills me with something crackling and sharp, an electric kind of longing.
      • The room snapped and crackled with tension as every eyes turned towards her, observing her, cautiously, amusingly.
      • The former had called, but the conversations had been brief and crackling with tension.
      • Her line deliveries crackle with a wit and grace all but absent in today's market.
      • Even the humans and the animals could sense something was wrong; everything around them crackled with tension.
      • Nancy Dowd's script crackles with wit, while Newman is at his manipulative, womanising best.
      • The air crackled with the pure energy, making Kino's ears ring.
      • The air in the Odyssey arena begins to crackle with excitement.
      • The tension that crackled between the two was enough to snap a board in half.
nounˈkræk(ə)lˈkrak(ə)l
  • 1A sound made up of a rapid succession of slight cracking sounds.

    there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only sound was the soft crackle of flames and crickets chirping in the field.
    • Chest examination revealed fine late inspiratory crackles with otherwise normal breath sounds.
    • The sound is richer and free of the very occasional crackle and hiss that existed on the laserdisc.
    • There was a dead silence in the room except for the occasional crackle of the jumping embers inside the fireplace.
    • Sharp crackles of escaping air fill the night already alive with the sounds of crickets.
    • There was a loud crackle of flames, and it was over.
    • The crackle of gunfire could be heard over the noon call to prayer.
    • The music sometimes sounds a bit wobbly, and pops and crackles are heard throughout the mixes.
    • My hands tingle and I hiss as the slight, uncomfortable crackle of electricity.
    • I threw it back and spun around when I heard a loud crackle.
    • There is lots of white noise in the track - crackles and pops that indicate age and handling mishaps.
    • Adam sat bold upright as the crackle of twigs breaking caught his attention.
    • A crackle of thunder ripped through the darkening sky and the rain became more intense.
    • They sounded exactly the same as in the movie, with the radio crackle afterwards.
    • The cave was silent except for an occasional crackle from the dying fire.
    • "All the time I was climbing over the wreckage, I could hear the crackle of flames.
    • She closed her eyes and listened to the soft crackle of the warm campfire.
    • Auscultation of the lungs revealed inspiratory crackles in the lower lung zones.
    • His boots clumped loudly on the stone floor, accompanied by the sharp crackle of burning wood.
    • Above the static and the crackle of automatic gunfire there was the sound of sobbing and screaming.
    Synonyms
    crackle, crackling, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, sizzle, sizzling, crack, sputter, white noise
  • 2A pattern of minute surface cracks on painted or varnished surfaces, glazed ceramics, or glass.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vary the thickness of your crackle glaze until you obtain the desired appearance.
    • She also creates crackle finishes, which makes the frame truly customized.
    • The crackle varnish of recent years provides a geological quality probably inspired by the Porcelain series of works by a 1990s collaborator, Heather Straka.
    • The surface of the drawing was then polished, and parts were carefully burnt in with a heat lamp, producing a crackle pattern.

Origin

Late Middle English: from crack + -le.

 
 
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