crackle

crackle
verb
  1. [no obj.]make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises
    发出连续不断的细碎响声;发出噼啪声
    the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks.
    火突然噼啪作响,冒出了火花。
    ■(figurative)give a sense of great tension or animation
    (喻)使十分紧张;使生气勃勃
    attraction and antagonism were crackling between them.
    他们之间既吸引又对立,动人心弦。
noun
  1. a sound made up of a rapid succession of slight cracking sounds
    噼啪声;爆裂声
    there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone.
    话筒中传出噼啪声和呼呼声。
  2. [mass noun]a pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass
    (漆器、陶瓷或玻璃上的)碎裂花纹
派生
crackly
( cracklier, crackliest)
adjective(cracklier, crackliest)
语源
  1. late Middle English: from crack + -le
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