词典释义：
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。
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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〈非正式〉 增加…的强度
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the volume is cranked up a notch .音量被调高了一格。
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〈非正式，贬〉 定期和例行地作出（或提出）
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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。
[usu. as adj.
把（轴、棒等）弄弯。
[no obj.]
〈非正式〉 注射毒品
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he's been cranking up on smack .他一直在注射海洛因。
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。
[mass noun]
〈非正式〉甲基苯丙胺，脱氧麻黄碱（中枢兴奋药）。
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。
〈北美〉 脾气坏的人。[ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: back-formation from <Bold>CRANKY</Bold>.]
〈诗／文〉 妙语。[ORIGIN: late 16th cent.:perhaps from a base meaning ‘bent together, curled up', shared by Old English <Italic>cranc</Italic> (see <Bold>CRANK<Superscript>1</Superscript></Bold>).]
【航海】 〈古〉 （帆船）易倾覆的。
"Old English
