with obj.
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- turn the crankshaft of (an internal-combustion engine), typically in order to start the engine（多指为发动引擎而）转动（内燃机）的曲轴。
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- turn (a handle), typically in order to start an engine（多指为发动引擎而）转动（曲柄）。
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crank something up
informal increase the intensity of something〈非正式〉增加…的强度：the volume is cranked up a notch.
音量被调高了一格。
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crank something out
informal, derogatory produce something regularly and routinely〈非正式, 贬〉定期和例行地作出（或提出）：an army of researchers cranked out worthy studies.
一大批研究人员定期和例行地写出有价值的论文。
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- usu. as adj. cranked give a bend to (a shaft, bar, etc.)把（轴、棒等）弄弯。
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- no obj. informal inject a narcotic drug〈非正式〉注射毒品：
he's been cranking up on smack.
他一直在注射海洛因。
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- a part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa曲柄, 曲轴。
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- mass noun informal the drug methamphetamine〈非正式〉甲基苯丙胺, 脱氧麻黄碱（中枢兴奋药）。
词源
Old English cranc （recorded in crancst æf, denoting a weaver's implement）, related to crincan （see CRINGE）.
1
- an eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject or theory（尤指对某学科或理论着迷的）怪人。
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- N. Amer. a bad-tempered person〈北美〉脾气坏的人。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.:back-formation from CRANKY.
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- poetic/literary a fanciful turn of speech〈诗/文〉妙语。
- [ORIGIN: late 16th cent.:perhaps from a base meaning 'bent together, curled up', shared by Old English cranc （see
CRANK1 ）.]