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

• Provided regulators do not allow banks to crank up their credit risks, profit margins on loans are restrained along with their volumes.
  假如监管部门不允许银行扩大贷款风险，那么贷款利润率以及放贷额就会受到抑制。
• The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
  执法部门加大了调查力度。
• 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。
• You can crank up the disaster recovery environment and check out what it takes to complete the steps& maybe even script the steps before making the change to your primary environment.
  可以启动灾难恢复环境，查明完成步骤需要什么&甚至可以编写执行步骤的脚本，然后再修改主环境。
• Analysts estimate BHP and Rio alone will crank up capacity by an extra 70m tonnes.
  分析师估计，仅必和必拓及力拓就会额外增加7000万吨产能。
• 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
• 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？
• 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。
• Crank up the clock cycles.
  加快时钟周期。