kick up
短语踢起 [经] 提高汽油辛烷值
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释义与例句
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1.
To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
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2.
To raise, to increase (a price).
美国 比喻 非正式 及物 引申义The rent has been kicked up again.
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3.
To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
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To make more exciting.
非正式 及物kick it up a notch
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5.
To show anger (about something).
非正式 不及物He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.
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6.
To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
美国 非正式 不及物The car is kicking up.
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7.
To move sharply upward.
See, that rod there is supposed to kick up to engage the gear.
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8.
To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
俚语You have to kick up some money to the boss.
Let me kick your offer up and see what the execs say.
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9.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
不及物 及物You could tell where he had been by the cloud of dust he had kicked up.