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

Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？
You can crank up the disaster recovery environment and check out what it takes to complete the steps& maybe even script the steps before making the change to your primary environment.
可以启动灾难恢复环境，查明完成步骤需要什么&甚至可以编写执行步骤的脚本，然后再修改主环境。
Crank up the clock cycles.
加快时钟周期。
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。
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。
Can you crank up the volume a little bit?
你能把声音调高一点吗？
And, when I play god I can crank up the global mutation rate.
而且，当我扮演上帝时，我能加快全局突变率。
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。
Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。