英语词汇“to power up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive and intransitive. To increase the supply of power to (a vehicle, machine, etc.); to switch on; to make or become fully operational. Also in extended use.

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1923 Decatur (Illinois) Sunday Rev. 23 Sept. 11/3 The present type of airplane is capable of being refined and powered up until it will do 440 miles an hour.

1925 Mansfield (Ohio) News 29 Nov. 24/3 On this night I was all powered up, clean shirt, pants all pressed, and my curly hair all plastered down.

1963 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 30 Aug. 4/3 Timmy..commandeered the wheel [of the speedboat]... ‘Let's go a little faster, Mommy.’ We powered up and moved off behind the racers.

1969 Times 5 Mar. 5/2 They will power up all the L.E.M.'s control systems and then fire the descent engine.

1979 J. Oberg in O. Davis Omni Bk. of Space 17 The new spin rate would ‘power up’ the planet's internal dynamo.

1986 Memphis (Tennessee) Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 18 Memphis Computer Retailers are powering up to offer versions of the 80386 microprocessor.

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxxv. 592 Instantly the radar intercept officer in the rear seat powered up the fighter's AWG-9 radar.

1996 PC World Nov. 45/2 PC Cards don't work on some early models if the system is powered up while attached to a docking station.

1996 R. Kaiho & M. Gregson tr. A. Yoshimura Zero Fighter vi. 58 As they watched the aircraft powering up for its take off dash they felt an extreme tension.

2. intransitive and transitive. Sailing and Windsurfing. To adjust (a sail) in order to catch more wind and increase speed.

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1983 Yachting Aug. 48 The change to longer spreaders with less spreader deflection has given you the ability to produce fuller mainsail shapes and to effectively sheet the jib closer to the mainsail with less jib sheet tension. You can ‘power up’ as you never have before.

1988 Seahorse Sept.–Oct. 62/1 If the breeze drops to the extent that you need to power up, then go through the..process..finally easing the genoa sheet.

1999 Boards May 89 I had set my 7.2m sail with a little less downhaul than usual, about 1 inch, so as to power up the sail more.

单词	to power up
释义	> as lemmas to power up to power up 1. transitive and intransitive. To increase the supply of power to (a vehicle, machine, etc.); to switch on; to make or become fully operational. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1923 Decatur (Illinois) Sunday Rev. 23 Sept. 11/3 The present type of airplane is capable of being refined and powered up until it will do 440 miles an hour. 1925 Mansfield (Ohio) News 29 Nov. 24/3 On this night I was all powered up, clean shirt, pants all pressed, and my curly hair all plastered down. 1963 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 30 Aug. 4/3 Timmy..commandeered the wheel [of the speedboat]... ‘Let's go a little faster, Mommy.’ We powered up and moved off behind the racers. 1969 Times 5 Mar. 5/2 They will power up all the L.E.M.'s control systems and then fire the descent engine. 1979 J. Oberg in O. Davis Omni Bk. of Space 17 The new spin rate would ‘power up’ the planet's internal dynamo. 1986 Memphis (Tennessee) Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 18 Memphis Computer Retailers are powering up to offer versions of the 80386 microprocessor. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxxv. 592 Instantly the radar intercept officer in the rear seat powered up the fighter's AWG-9 radar. 1996 PC World Nov. 45/2 PC Cards don't work on some early models if the system is powered up while attached to a docking station. 1996 R. Kaiho & M. Gregson tr. A. Yoshimura Zero Fighter vi. 58 As they watched the aircraft powering up for its take off dash they felt an extreme tension. 2. intransitive and transitive. Sailing and Windsurfing. To adjust (a sail) in order to catch more wind and increase speed. ΚΠ 1983 Yachting Aug. 48 The change to longer spreaders with less spreader deflection has given you the ability to produce fuller mainsail shapes and to effectively sheet the jib closer to the mainsail with less jib sheet tension. You can ‘power up’ as you never have before. 1988 Seahorse Sept.–Oct. 62/1 If the breeze drops to the extent that you need to power up, then go through the..process..finally easing the genoa sheet. 1999 Boards May 89 I had set my 7.2m sail with a little less downhaul than usual, about 1 inch, so as to power up the sail more. extracted from powerv. < as lemmas
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