kick up

• 短语动词，表示扬起、激起（如尘土），或引发、惹起（麻烦、骚动等），也可指突然开始（喧闹等）。

A phrasal verb used to indicate causing something to rise or increase, often dust or trouble, or to start something suddenly.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Cause dust or particles to riseinformal

   To cause something, such as dust or dirt, to rise into the air by kicking or moving.

   扬起

   • The children kicked up dust as they ran across the field.
   • The car kicked up gravel from the road.
   • He kicked up a cloud of snow while walking.

   同义词churn uppuff upraisestir upthrow up

2. Cause trouble or a fussinformal

   To create a disturbance, argument, or complaint about something.

   惹麻烦

   • She kicked up a fuss when her order was wrong.
   • The neighbors kicked up a row about the loud music.
   • He kicked up a stink over the new policy.

   同义词raise a stink

3. Increase intensity or speedinformal

   To increase the level, intensity, or speed of something.

   增加强度或速度

   • The band kicked up the tempo for the final song.
   • We need to kick up the pace if we want to finish on time.
   • The engine kicked up a notch as we climbed the hill.

   同义词accelerateboostescalateheightenincreaseintensifyramp upstep up

   反义词decreasediminishlessenmoderatereduceslow

基本动词kick