kick-starts

英 [ˈkɪk stɑːts]

美 [ˈkɪk stɑːrts]

v.  用脚踏启动(摩托车); 促使…开始; 使(项目)尽快启动
n.  (摩托车的)脚踏启动器; 迅速开始(采取行动); 快速启动
kick-start的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使快速重新启动;使…重新开始
  Tokick-starta process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again.
  1. The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates.
     总统选择通过大幅降低利率来重新拉动经济增长。
  2. Kick-startis also a noun.
     
  3. The housing market needs a kick-start.
     房地产市场需要刺激。
• VERB 用脚踏启动（摩托车）
  If youkick-starta motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot.
  1. He lifted the bike off its stand and kick-started it.
     他将摩托车撑脚架往上一提，开始蹬车启动。