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

• Crank up some tunes: Play music that brings up good memories.
  制造些音乐：播放音乐能唤起美好记忆。
• Lower hydroelectric and nuclear output has forced some countries to crank up more costly oil-burning generators, sending energy prices soaring.
  水力发电和核发电量下降，迫使一些国家加快使用成本更高的燃油发电机，从而推动能源价格飞涨。
• Turn off your inner-chatter, crank up your listening ear, and enjoy the sounds of the whole other world you are now a part of.
  关掉你内心的声音，竖起耳朵来听，享受另一个世界的声音，而你现在正是这世界的一部分。
• A good playlist can do wonders for your spirit, so slip on some headphones and crank up the tunes.
  一张合适的播放列表可以激发你的灵感，所以，带上你的耳机调高音量吧。
• The manger wants us to crank up the production line. Manage the cutting production and administer its personnel, define their training and development needs.
  管理人员希望我们提高生产线的作业速度。管理切片的生产，并确定相关人员的培训需求。
• 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。
• And, when I play god I can crank up the global mutation rate.
  而且，当我扮演上帝时，我能加快全局突变率。
• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• 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。
• 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。