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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The purpose of Battery is to supply current for operation of the cranking motor and the ignition system when the engine is being cranked for starting.
  蓄电池的作用是当发动机正在启动时，为起动电机和点火系统提供电流。
• Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
• 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。