You slip the key into the ignition and crank the engine to life.

把钥匙插在点火装置上，开动引擎。

youdao

Those are possible problems, but tell me, when you turn the key, do you hear the starter motor crank?

这些都可能存在问题。但是你先告诉我，当你转动钥匙时，你听到发动机转动了吗？

youdao

Crankshaft is a very important component of large Marine engine and its key part is crank.

船用曲轴是大型船用发动机的重要部件，而曲拐是曲轴的关键部分。

youdao

In some ways, the current shift in computing is the equivalent of what happened when cars became easy to use and drivers only had to turn the key instead of having to hand-crank the engines.

ECONOMIST: Moving up the stack