cranked

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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

• The Spurs really cranked it up in the closing moments, some amazing pressure.
  马刺在最后阶段真的全力去拼了，非常惊人的压力。
• The coaches cranked up the practice routine for the losing Washington Redskins.
  华盛顿红人队屡战屡败，教练们不得不加紧训练。
• But in the past few days with the alacrity with which Scotty used to shift the Starship Enterprise from cruising speed to full thrust ahead Beijing has cranked up the economic levers.
  但就在过去几天，北京方面启动了经济杠杆，其敏捷性令人想起“企业号”（starshipenterprise）飞船的轮机长史考特（scotty）将飞船由巡航速度调整为全速前进。
• Here I cranked the carriage all the way across the ways and back.
  在这里，我曲柄所有运输方式之间和背部的方式。
• 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。
• A lot of our players have played Premier League football, but this cranked it up a bit.
  我们许多球员都在超级超级联赛效力，但是这场比赛着实让他们吃了苦头。
• 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 legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
  执法部门加大了调查力度。
• She cranked the shutters down.
  她转动曲柄把百叶窗放了下来。
• 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。