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词汇 crack-
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crack-in combination occurs in two groups of compounds: 1. Combs. in which crack- is the vb. stem governing an object: crack-halter, -hemp, -jaw, -nut, -rope, -tryst; so crack fart, deriv. -er (see quots.). 2. Combs. in which crack- app. stands for cracked- (which is occasionally found in early examples): as crack-brained, -groat, -headed, -skull, -winded.1569in Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 212 Excommunications..are but what our Famous Queen Elizabeth, when Excommunicated by Pope Sergius, called them, the Popes Crackfarts.1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin ii. 15 Her Head-Quarters Where e're she [Fame, Rumour] roam'd by day, was the Crack-farters!
crack- /krak/ combining form. L15.
ORIGIN: Partly repr. the stem of crack verb, usu. with a following obj.; partly for cracked.
1.a. That cracks (the 2nd elem. of the comb.).b. That cracks.
2.Cracked.
 DERIVATIVE crack-brain colloq. a crazy person, a crank.
crackbrained adjective (colloq.) crazy, cranky.
crack-halter = crack-rope noun below.
crack-headed adjective (colloq.) crazy, cranky.
crack-hemp = crack-rope noun below.
crack-jaw noun & adjective (colloq.) (a word that is) difficult to pronounce.
crackpot noun & adjective (colloq.) (a) noun a crazy person; an eccentric or unpractical person; (b) adjective crazy, cranky, eccentric, unpractical.
crack-rope noun & adjective (a) noun a person fit to be hanged, a gallows bird; (b) adjective fit to be hanged; roguish.
crack-voiced adjective having a broken voice.
crack willow a willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that break off readily.
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