cranked

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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

• 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 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。
• She cranked the shutters down.
  她转动曲柄把百叶窗放了下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• White noise is helpful to block out ambient noises ( particularly prevalent in a big city)& and it's perfectly safe to listen as long as the volume isn't cranked up too loudly.
  白噪音对屏蔽环境噪音很有帮助（大城市的环境噪音太普遍了），只要别把音量调得太高，就非常安全了。
• Notwithstanding interest rate rises, cranked up bank reserve requirements and a clampdown on investment, China's economy grew 10.7 per cent last year.
  尽管中国上调了利率、提高了存款准备金率、采取了抑制投资的措施，但去年的经济增长率仍达到10.7%。
• The driver opened the windows and cranked up the stereo before going to set up a barbecue.
  司机打开窗户、开大音响，跟着就去放置烤架。