| 释义 |
rev /rev/ n. | vt. | vi. 〈口〉
I n.
(发动机等的)旋转，一转；[revs](每分钟的)转速
He pushed the revs up and up, hurrying the car to eighty then to ninety. 他不断加快发动机的转速，把车速提高到80乃至90英里。
an electric motor at high revs 高速旋转的电动机
keep an engine going at a steady 3000 revs 保持发动机每分钟3000转的稳恒转速
II (revved; rev·ving)
❶ vt.
1. (尤指起动后)加快(发动机等)的转速；加快(车)速 (up)
rev up the diesel engines 加快柴油机的转速
He revved the motor and then roared off. 他把车发动起来，然后隆隆地开车走了。
2. 加快…的速度；刺激，激发(up)
He revved up his saw and drove it into the tree. 他加快锯速，进锯入树干。
rev up the economic growth rate 提高经济增长率
The show was over and he was revved up. 戏完了，他激动不已。
get sb. revved up on sth. 使某人对某事如痴如狂
❷ vi.
1. (尤指起动后)加快转速，加速(up)
An engine revved and a big six-wheeled truck launched past me. 发动机一阵点火轰鸣，一辆6轮大卡车打我身旁驶开去了。
hear motorcycles revving up in the driveway 听到数辆摩托车的发动机在车道上加速运转的声响
2. 增大；(受激发而)变得活跃(up)
maintain the swift pace of the revving economy 保持急剧增长中经济的高速度
He requires little sleep. He'd start revving up as midnight approaches. 他不需要多睡觉，时近午夜，他往往刚开始干得来劲。
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