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单词 rev
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rev

verb
/rev/
/rev/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rev
/rev/
/rev/
he / she / it revs
/revz/
/revz/
past simple revved
/revd/
/revd/
past participle revved
/revd/
/revd/
-ing form revving
/ˈrevɪŋ/
/ˈrevɪŋ/
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  1. rev (something) (up) when you rev an engine or it revs, it runs quickly
    • The taxi driver revved up his engine.
    • I could hear the car revving outside.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRev is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • engine
    Rev is used with these nouns as the object:
    • engine
    • motorcycle
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.

rev

noun
/rev/
/rev/
(informal)
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    a complete turn of an engine, used when talking about an engine’s speed
    synonym revolution
    • 4 000 revs per minute
    • The needle on the rev counter soared.
    • The engine is almost silent at low revs.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • engine
    rev + noun
    • counter
    phrases
    • revs a minute
    • revs per minute
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.
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