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kick upkick up1.踢起She kicked the sand up.她踢起沙子。Clouds of dust were kicked up by the passing cars.开过的汽车扬起了阵阵灰尘。2.引起The boys were kicking up a terrific row.这些男孩在起哄。3.抬高Benson signaled the auctioneer quietly and kicked the bid up another thousand dollars.本森悄悄地向拍卖人做了个手势, 然后把出价又抬高了1000美元。4.发生故障; 变得不听话He felt his stomach started to kick up.他感到胃开始不舒服了。The enemy airmen kicked up at the orders to fly more missions.敌方飞行员开始对执行更多飞行任务的命令表示不服。

kick up1.踢起,扬起(灰尘等):The passing car kicked up clouds of dust.开过去的那辆车扬起滚滚尘埃。2.(身体某部分)感觉不舒服;(疼痛等)发作:I felt my stomach start to kick up when I was at dinner last evening.昨晚吃饭时我觉得胃不太舒服。Her arthritis kicks up in cold weather.她的关节炎每到冷天就发作。3.激起,引起(骚乱等):to kick up a dust (fuss, noise, row)吵闹;滋事Don't kick up such a fuss about this trivial matter.不要为此小事大吵大闹。4.[口语]提高,抬高(报价等):to kick up a bid提高报价5.[口语](机器等)出故障:My refrigerator suddenly started kicking up yesterday.我的冰箱昨晚突然出了故障。6.变得不听话

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