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

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。
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。
Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
He needs to crank it up, have himself some fun this weekend.
他需要发动起来，因为这个周末他有个约会。
People tend to crank up the volume on their devices to make up for this. It's imperative that your headphones fit correctly, so you should test out a few different kinds before buying.
人们往往通过增加他们的音量来弥补这一个缺陷。耳机必须要选择完全合适的，所以在买手机之前，你需要测试几种不同类型的耳机。
Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。
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。
Study on Kinematical Simulation for Crank Swinging up of Remote Control Pruning Branch-avoiding Machine
遥控自动立木整枝机避让机构曲臂上摆运动仿真的研究
Can you crank up the volume a little bit?
你能把声音调高一点吗？