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。
These chemical marks can activate, silence or crank up genes and their actions.
这些化学印记可激活、消除或加剧基因活动。
Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。
The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
执法部门加大了调查力度。
Turn off your inner-chatter, crank up your listening ear, and enjoy the sounds of the whole other world you are now a part of.
关掉你内心的声音，竖起耳朵来听，享受另一个世界的声音，而你现在正是这世界的一部分。
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。
Crank up the clock cycles.
加快时钟周期。
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。
This experience has made Beijing hesitant to crank up another big stimulus.
这个经历使北京方面在出台又一轮大规模刺激的问题上有所犹豫。
My car won't start, I don't know why, it just won't crank up.
我的车就是发不动，我不知道为什么，它就是发不起来。