cranking

英 [ˈkræŋkɪŋ]

美 [ˈkræŋkɪŋ]

v.  用曲柄转动(或启动)
crank的现在分词

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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

• Know that sensation when you're working out or cranking on a project, and time starts to pass quickly, distractions melt away, and you feel like you're in the zone?
  有没有体验过这样一种感觉：当你正在从事或启动一个项目时，时间开始飞逝，杂念迅速消融，你觉得你正处于巅峰状态？
• The nation responded as one, dimming lights and cranking down the air-conditioning despite the humidity.
  日本上下一心，调暗电灯，就算湿热难耐也调高空调温度；
• Second, banks are going to have to carry some of the cost for cranking up the engine.
  第二，银行将不得不承担开动经济发动机的部分代价。
• There are still too many players in the market, cranking out games with little differentiation.
  目前大陆网游市场仍有大量网游厂商参与竞争，不过游戏的内容和玩法则大同小异，几乎没有几款有特色的游戏。
• The cranking enrichment system provides extra fuel when a cold engine is being cranked.
  起动加浓系统在冷发动机起动时供应额外的燃油。
• 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。
• I use a timer to limit the amount of time I spend on daily tasks such as email, retuning calls, cranking through my to-do lists, etc.
  用个计时器。我用计时器来限制我每天花在写邮件、回电话、启动各项日程的时间。
• The researchers say this is because sound engineers and producers are cranking up the volume at the recording stage.
  研究人员解释说，录音师和制作人员在录音阶段加大了音量。
• China is supposed to be the world's new millionaire machine, cranking out rich people like so many Happy Meal toys from a Guangdong factory.
  中国应当是全球新之百万富翁生产国，它生产之百万富翁就像广东一工厂生产之“快乐儿童餐”玩具一样多。
• We're in basic training; this is all about cranking it up a notch.
  我们还在基本训练阶段；这一切都是为了要加紧得分。