rev
n
(usu pl 通常作复数) (infml 口) revolutionof an engine (发动机的)旋转
run at maximum revs 开动发动机至最高转速
doing a steady 4000 revs (per minute) 达到(每分钟)4000转的恒定转速. rev, v (-vv-)
1 [I, Ip] ~ (up) (of an engine) revolve; increase the speed of revolution (指发动机)旋转, 加快转速.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) cause (an engine) to run esp quickly, as when starting a car 使(发动机)运转(尤指快速, 如起动汽车时)
Don't rev the engine so hard. 别让发动机转得太快.
Rev it up to warm the engine. 让发动机转起来预热. Rev (also Revd), abbr 缩写 = Reverend
Rev George Hill (乔治?)希尔牧师. Cf 参看 Rt Rev.
🗣️ 情景例句
The newspapers don't come out till about ten o'clock.
报纸要差不多十点钟才出来。
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.
物以稀为贵。
It is now standing in the corner of our sitting room.