| 词汇 | crack up |
| 释义 | Idiom crack up Theme: LAUGHTER [for someone] to break out in laughter.The audience really cracked up during the second act.The class cracked up when I told my joke, but the teacher didn't like it. Idiom crack up Theme: DESTRUCTION [for a plane, boat, car, etc.] to crash.The plane cracked up in the storm.The boat cracked up on the rocks. Idiom crack up Theme: CRAZINESS to go crazy. (Slang.)The mayor cracked up after only a year in office.I was afraid the mayor would crack up because of too much work. Slang crack up Theme: ACCIDENT in. to have a wreck.The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers.Whose car cracked up on the expressway? Theme: ANXIETY in. to have a nervous breakdown.The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him.You would crack up, too, if you had been through all he went through. Theme: LAUGHTER in. to break out in laughter.The whole audience cracked up.I knew I would crack up during the love scene. Idiom crack up 1. to laugh. She was very funny and we cracked up every time she said anything. 2. to become mentally ill. I lost my appetite, became unable to sleep, and worried that I was cracking up. Phr V crack up cracks, cracking, cracked crack (sb) up informal to suddenly laugh a lot, or to make someone suddenly laugh a lotThey cracked up when they saw me in that hat.There's something about that guy's face that simply cracks me up. crack up informal to become mentally ill and be unable to continue your normal life and workWhen someone becomes neurotic about pens and paper clips, it's a sure sign they're cracking up. crack up (sth) or crack (sth) up American informal if a vehicle cracks up, or if someone cracks it up, it hits another vehicle, building, tree etc. and is badly damagedThe truck cracked up at the intersection when it hit a van going through a stop light.Zach cracked up a car while blind drunk. crack-up noun American informal usually singularThere was a bad car crack-up on the freeway. crack up verb 1 to undergo a nervous breakdown US, 1917. 2 to praise someone highly US, 1829. 3 to amuse someone greatly; to cause laughter; to start laughing, especially uproariously US, 1942 crack up1. verb To laugh very hard. We all cracked up at Josh's joke. 2. verb To cause someone to laugh very hard. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "up." Josh's joke cracked us all up. That comedian just cracks me up. 3. verb To experience a mental or emotional breakdown. All those days of sleep deprivation finally caused me to crack up. She's terrified to leave the house all of a sudden—I think she's cracking up. 4. verb To destroy something. He drove into a tree and cracked up his car. 5. verb To be in an accident. I cracked up after losing control of my car. 6. noun An accident. When used as a noun, the phrase is typically hyphenated. I was in a crack-up when I lost control of my car and hydroplaned. crack someone or something upto damage someone or something. (See also someone up">crack someone up.) Who cracked my car up? Who cracked up my car? Who was driving? The accident cracked him up a little. crack someone upto make someone laugh very hard; to make someone break out laughing. You and your jokes really crack me up. That comedian really knows how to crack up an audience. crack something upto crash something; to destroy something (in an accident). The driver cracked the car up in an accident. The pilot cracked up the plane. crack up1. to have a wreck. The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers. Whose car cracked up on the expressway? 2. to break out in laughter. The whole audience cracked up. I knew I would crack up during the love scene. 3. Sl. to have a mental or emotional breakdown. The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him. You would crack up, too, if you had been through all he went through. 4. an accident; a wreck. (Usually crack-up.) There was a terrible crack-up on the expressway. There were four cars in the crack-up. crack up1. Suffer an emotional breakdown, become insane, as in He might crack up under the strain. This usage alludes to the result of cracking one's skull; from the early 1600s to crack alone was used in this way. [Slang; early 1900s] 2. Damage or wreck a vehicle or vessel. For example, I'm always afraid that I'll crack up the car. 3. Experience a crash, as in We cracked up on the freeway in the middle of the ice storm. 4. Also, crack someone up. Burst or cause to burst out laughing, as in The audience cracked up, or That joke really cracked me up. [Slang; c. 1940] Also see break up, def. 6. All of these expressions derive from crack in the sense of "break into pieces" or "collapse," a usage dating from the late 1600s. Also see cracked up. cracked up1. Past tense of crack up. 2. cracked up to be. Reputed to be. This expression is always used in a negative way, as in I don't think this book is all it's cracked up to be. It relies on the now obsolete use of to crack up to mean "to praise extravagantly." It appeared in The Kentuckian: "He is not the thing he is cracked up for" (May 28, 1829). [Early 1800s] 3. Under the influence of crack (a form of cocaine). For example, "Who's cracked up, who's cracked out, and who's dead?" ( World News Tonight, ABC-TV, May 12, 1992). [1980s] crack upv. 1. To damage something or someone, as in an accident: I cracked up the car when I hit a tree. We gave him a remote control plane for his birthday, but he cracked it up on his very first flight. 2. To become damaged or wrecked: The plane cracked up when it hit the ground. 3. To praise someone or something highly, especially incorrectly. Often used in the passive: I am simply not the genius I'm cracked up to be. His friend cracked him up to be a great mechanic, but I thought his work was shoddy. 4. To have a mental or physical breakdown: We were afraid that the pilot might crack up under the stress. 5. To laugh very hard: She cracked up when I told her the joke. 6. To cause someone to laugh very hard: The funny movie cracked us up. The comedian cracked up the audience. crack someone up tv. to make someone laugh. The lecturer would talk along sort of boring like, and then all of a sudden he would crack up everybody with a joke. crack up1. in. to have a wreck. The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers. 2. in. to break out in laughter. I knew I would crack up during the love scene. 3. in. to have a nervous breakdown. The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him. 4. n. an accident; a wreck. (Usually crack-up.) There was a terrible crack-up on the expressway. |
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