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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
  执法部门加大了调查力度。
• 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。
• 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。
• This experience has made Beijing hesitant to crank up another big stimulus.
  这个经历使北京方面在出台又一轮大规模刺激的问题上有所犹豫。
• 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。
• These chemical marks can activate, silence or crank up genes and their actions.
  这些化学印记可激活、消除或加剧基因活动。
• 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