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

• Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
• 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。
• Can you crank up the volume a little bit?
  你能把声音调高一点吗？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• 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。