crank up

英 [kræŋk ʌp]

美 [kræŋk ʌp]

使（机器或设备）提高效率; 启动（机器或设备）; 开大，调高（音量）; 使增加; 使增强

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使(机器或设备)提高效率
  If youcrank upa machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level.
  1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
     把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• PHRASAL VERB 启动(机器或设备)
  If youcrank upa machine or device, you start it.
  1. ...May's warm weather, which caused Americans to crank up their air conditioners.
     5月份的温热天气使得美国人打开了空调
• PHRASAL VERB 开大，调高(音量)
  If youcrank upthe volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud.
  1. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system...
     有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
  2. By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
     到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
• PHRASAL VERB 使增加;使增强
  Tocranksomethingupmeans to increase it or make it more intense.
  1. The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith...
     布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
  2. The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
     执法部门加大了调查力度。

英英释义

verb

• rotate with a crank
  Synonym:crank
• start by cranking
  1. crank up the engine
  Synonym:crank

双语例句

• Now, you can start thinking about including multiple pages or sheets in the same spreadsheet, adding formulas, and even including graphs so that you can really crank up the level of your output!
  现在，您可以开始考虑在一个电子表格中包含多个页面或工作表，添加公式，甚至包含曲线图，这样，您就可以真正提高您的输出水平了。
• Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
  请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？
• He needs to crank it up, have himself some fun this weekend.
  他需要发动起来，因为这个周末他有个约会。
• People tend to crank up the volume on their devices to make up for this. It's imperative that your headphones fit correctly, so you should test out a few different kinds before buying.
  人们往往通过增加他们的音量来弥补这一个缺陷。耳机必须要选择完全合适的，所以在买手机之前，你需要测试几种不同类型的耳机。
• Study on Kinematical Simulation for Crank Swinging up of Remote Control Pruning Branch-avoiding Machine
  遥控自动立木整枝机避让机构曲臂上摆运动仿真的研究
• Given time, it could crank itself up for a major crisis.
  假以时日，它才能曲折成长到足以应付大危机。
• The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith
  布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
• My car won't start, I don't know why, it just won't crank up.
  我的车就是发不动，我不知道为什么，它就是发不起来。
• Dear house: When I wake up, please turn on the lights, crank up the heat, play some tunes and brew my coffee.
  亲爱的房子：当我起床的时候，请打开电灯，调高室温，放点音乐，把我的咖啡煮好。
• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。