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rev

verb
🔊/rev/
🔊/rev/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rev
🔊/rev/
🔊/rev/
he / she / it revs
🔊/revz/
🔊/revz/
past simple revved
🔊/revd/
🔊/revd/
past participle revved
🔊/revd/
🔊/revd/
-ing form revving
🔊/ˈrevɪŋ/
🔊/ˈrevɪŋ/
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  1. rev (something) (up) when you rev an engine or it revs, it runs quickly（使）快速运转
    • The taxi driver revved up his engine.出租车司机把发动机发动起来。🔊🔊
    • I could hear the car revving outside.我可以听到外面汽车发动的声音。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRev is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • engine
    Rev is used with these nouns as the object:
    • engine
    • motorcycle
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.

rev

noun
🔊/rev/
🔊/rev/
(informal)
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  1. a complete turn of an engine, used when talking about an engine’s speed（发动机的转速）一次旋转
     synonym revolution
    • 4 000 revs per minute每分钟 4 000 转
    • The needle on the rev counter soared.转数指针快速上升。🔊🔊
    • The engine is almost silent at low revs.发动机在低转速时几乎没有声音。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • engine
    • …
    rev + noun
    • counter
    phrases
    • revs a minute
    • revs per minute
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.