| 单词 | crank up |
| 释义 | crank up 1. phrasal verb If you crank up a machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level. [British] Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you crank up a machine or device, you start it. [US] ...May's warm weather, which caused people to crank up their air conditioners. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you crank up the volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system. [VERB PARTICLE noun] By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again. [V n P adj] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for crank To crank something up means to increase it or make it more intense. [mainly British] The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] The legal authorities cranked up the investigation. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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