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語源 1

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

動詞

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

1. (ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

   He revved the engine in a rather macho style.

   You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.

   • 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:

     Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.

   • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer‎:

     It is impossible to see inside the mind of a killer. What was he thinking, the young man who sat at the wheel of the white van at the top of Las Ramblas and purposefully revved the engine? What warped ideology, what distorted belief system, what bitter life experience had brought him to this fateful tipping point?

派生語

語源 2

名詞

rev (plural revs)

1. Clipping of revolution (of something spinning).
   • 1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 104:

     He pushed the revs up and up, hurrying the car to eighty then to ninety, his huge Marchal headlights boring a safe white tunnel, nearly half a mile long, between the walls of the night.

   • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 175:

     Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!

派生語

語源 3

名詞

rev (uncountable)

1. Clipping of revenue

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語源 4

名詞

rev (plural revs)

1. Clipping of reverend

参考

アナグラム

• ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.

名詞

rev.

1. Abbreviation of review.
2. Abbreviation of revision.

アナグラム

• ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.