crank up

英 [kræŋk ʌp]

美 [kræŋk ʌp]

使（机器或设备）提高效率; 启动（机器或设备）; 开大，调高（音量）; 使增加; 使增强

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 使(机器或设备)提高效率
If youcrank upa machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level.
1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
PHRASAL VERB 启动(机器或设备)
If youcrank upa machine or device, you start it.
1. ...May's warm weather, which caused Americans to crank up their air conditioners.
  5月份的温热天气使得美国人打开了空调
PHRASAL VERB 开大，调高(音量)
If youcrank upthe volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud.
1. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system...
  有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
2. By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
  到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
PHRASAL VERB 使增加;使增强
Tocranksomethingupmeans to increase it or make it more intense.
1. The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith...
  布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
2. The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
  执法部门加大了调查力度。

verb

Given time, it could crank itself up for a major crisis.
假以时日，它才能曲折成长到足以应付大危机。
Crank up some tunes: Play music that brings up good memories.
制造些音乐：播放音乐能唤起美好记忆。
Dear house: When I wake up, please turn on the lights, crank up the heat, play some tunes and brew my coffee.
亲爱的房子：当我起床的时候，请打开电灯，调高室温，放点音乐，把我的咖啡煮好。
Provided regulators do not allow banks to crank up their credit risks, profit margins on loans are restrained along with their volumes.
假如监管部门不允许银行扩大贷款风险，那么贷款利润率以及放贷额就会受到抑制。
Analysts estimate BHP and Rio alone will crank up capacity by an extra 70m tonnes.
分析师估计，仅必和必拓及力拓就会额外增加7000万吨产能。
And, when I play god I can crank up the global mutation rate.
而且，当我扮演上帝时，我能加快全局突变率。
Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。
Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？