| 释义 | 
		WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  | ratchet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (mechanical device) (机械) | 棘轮  jí lún |  |   | These bolts will need a ratchet for tightening. |  |   | 这些螺栓需要棘轮上上紧。 |  | ratchet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (part of a ratchet) | 棘齿  jí chǐ |  |   |   | 棘爪 
  |  | ratchet⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  (adjust up or down) | 逐步推动  zhú bù tuī dòng |  | ratchet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  figurative (process: incremental movement) | 增量运动过程 
  |  | ratchet [sth] up/down⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  figurative (increase/decrease [sth]) | 使…增长 
  |  |   |   | 使…降低 
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 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 动词短语 |  | ratchet [sth] up vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." |  figurative (cause to increase) | 逐渐增加 
  |  |   |   | 逐渐增多 
  |  |   | The candidates ratcheted up their campaigns in the final week. |  
 在这些条目还发现'ratchet': 在英文解释里: noisemaker 中文: 棘轮  |