cranked

英 [kræŋkt]

美 [kræŋkt]

v.  用曲柄转动(或启动)
crank的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 想法(或行为)古怪的人
  If you call someone acrank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  1. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'...
     首相称马歇尔议员为“怪人”。
  2. He looked like a crank.
     他看上去像个怪人。
• 曲柄;曲轴
  Acrankis a device that you turn in order to make something move.
• VERB (尤指用手摇曲柄)转动(或启动)
  If youcrankan engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
  1. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
     司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。

双语例句

• She cranked the shutters down.
  她转动曲柄把百叶窗放了下来。
• He cranked the volume up on the car radio so that we couldn't talk.
  他调高了车上收音机的音量，使我们无法交谈。
• I watch TV with subtitles and the volume cranked up.
  我看的是带字幕的电视节目，音量调得很大。
• After China handed out licences for third-generation mobile services in January 2009, its three state-owned telecoms operators cranked up capital expenditure and rolled out 3G networks, starting in major cities.
  自从中国2009年1月开始发放第三代移动服务牌照以来，三大国有电信运营商加大了资本支出力度，并从各大城市开始，大举铺设3g网络。
• He cranked the motor for a long time, but finally it kicked over.
  他用手柄摇发动机摇了好长时间，终于把它发动起来了。
• The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
  执法部门加大了调查力度。
• Meanwhile, the US is exporting fuels, especially distillates, as producers have cranked up operating rates.
  与此同时，美国正在对外输出燃油，特别是馏分油，因为美国的生产商们提高了开工率。
• These moves mean that De Beers 'mines on the arid plains of Botswana have cranked back to life.
  这意味着，戴比尔斯在贫瘠的博茨瓦纳平原上的钻矿已重获新生。
• If you really cranked hard, the belt would slip.
  如果用力加速的话，传动带甚至可能滑脱。
• The engine is being cranked with the starting motor.
  发动机由起动机起动。这发动机发动不起来。