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

• 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。
• 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。
• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• Close your eyes, crank up the volume on your MP3 and the integrated speakers in the Sonic Chair give you the sound of being at a gig in the comfort of your home.
  闭上眼睛，调高MP3的音量，“音响椅子”会让你在家就能感受到演出般的震撼效果。
• 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。
• Can you crank up the volume a little bit?
  你能把声音调高一点吗？
• Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
  请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？
• Crank up the clock cycles.
  加快时钟周期。
• 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。
• 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。