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

• The central government has cranked up interest rates, banned the hoarding of staple foods, raised subsidies to low-income families and increased the minimum wage.
  中央政府已经提搞了利率，禁止囤积主要的粮食，对低收入家庭提供补贴并且提高最低工资。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you cranked up the aquarium heater and dumped some acid in the water, your fish would not be very happy, Dr. Pinsky said.
  如果你把水族箱里的加热器开高一些，倒一些酸性物质到水里，你的鱼可能会出问题，平斯基博士说。
• 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。
• Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
• 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。