racking up

/ˈɹækɪŋ ʌp/· phrasal verb

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Chinese meaning

不bù断duàn累lěi积jī；迅xùn速sù增zēng加jiā

快kuài速sù大dà量liàng累lěi积jī

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悄qiāo悄qiāo大dà量liàng消xiāo耗hàotoken

Example

Unlike a chatbot conversation, these agents can work for hours, repeatedly calling frontier models and quietly racking up millions of tokens.

与yǔ聊liáo天tiān机jī器qì人rén对duì话huà不bù同tóng，这zhè些xiē智zhì能néng体tǐ可kě以yǐ持chí续xù工gōng作zuò数shù小xiǎo时shí，反fǎn复fù调diào用yòng前qián沿yán模mó型xíng，并bìng在zài不bù知zhī不bù觉jué间jiān累lěi积jī消xiāo耗hào数shù百bǎi万wàn个gètoken。

Source: Fortune · 9 Aug 2026

Background ✎

AI编biān程chéng智zhì能néng体tǐ长zhǎng时shí间jiān自zì主zhǔ运yùn行xíng，企qǐ业yè部bù署shǔ后hòu账zhàng单dān暴bào涨zhǎng，揭jiē示shì成chéng本běn失shī控kòng问wèn题tí。

Roots · etymology

源自rack（货架）引申堆积义

rack（架子，引申'堆放'）+ up（向上，表增多）

Collocations

rack up debt / rack up points / rack up costs

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