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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Air-conditioning's cranked all the way up.
  空气调节器全都向上翻。
• She cranked the shutters down.
  她转动曲柄把百叶窗放了下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
• 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。
• 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。