cranks
n. [机]曲柄（crank 的复数）
例句
Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
《牛津词典》
While scientists were once considered cranks and outsiders to the system, we are now part of the establishment.
虽然科学家曾被认为是怪人、是该体制的局外人，而如今我们已经是权力集团的一部分。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
There are cranks and pulleys, beltings tight or slack.
有曲杆与滑车，还有皮带或紧或松。
