lever是什么意思？

lever

英[ˈli:və(r)] 美[ˈlevər]

• n. 杠杆，操作杆，工具；
• vt. 用杠杆撬动；

复数：levers;

过去式：levered;

现在分词：levering;

第三人称单数：levers;

例句

• We managed to prise off the lid with a tyre lever. 我们设法用卸外胎用的撬棍撬开了盖子.
• Pity is a lever for quickening love. 怜悯是加速爱情的手段.
• Roger slams the lever holding the boulder and it goes careening down. 罗杰用力敲了夹着圆石的杠杆,那个圆石就斜着掉下来.
• He pushed a lever that speeded up the car. 他挂挡加快了速度。
• The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever. 该装置本身就在车子正下方，几乎与变速杆处于同一直线上。
• In Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever. 英国人把“gearshift”(变速器)叫做“gearlever”.
• The locking lever is composed of insulating materials , namely epoxide resin. 闭锁杆是由绝缘材料环氧树脂构成.
• I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever. 我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。
• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile. 他正在修理汽车的刹车杆.
• PULL SHIFT LEVER TO LEFT SEVERAL TIMES TO ACTUATE DOWNSHIFT SWITCH. 把换挡叉杆向左拉动三次激活降挡开关.

同义词

• v.
  lever的同义词之：用杠杆撬动
  move, hoist, boost, lift, force, raise, jam, pry,
• n.
  lever的同义词之：杆,杠杆
  handle, handspike, pry, bar,
• lever的同义词之：其他释义
  machine,

英语六级真题

If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first
出自-2012年6月听力原文
Press the right-hand lever first.
出自-2012年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （操作机械的）杆，柄，把手
  A lever is a handle or bar that is attached to a piece of machinery and which you push or pull in order to operate the machinery.
  例句
  Push the tiny lever on the lock... 按一下锁上的小柄。 The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water. 水阀上有一个手柄控制冷热水。
• N-COUNT
  杠杆；撬棒
  A lever is a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object.
• VERB
  撬动；撬起；用力移动
  If you lever something in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.
  例句
  Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar... 邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。 Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards... 将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。
• N-COUNT
  （用作施加压力等的）手段，方法
  A lever is an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do.
  例句
  Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west. 激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  操作杆
  He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile. 他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• vt.
  (用杠杆)撬动
  They levered the iron into the house. 他们用杠子把铁块撬进屋里。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
  2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
  3. a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
• Verb
  1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open;
  "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

行业词典

• 体育： 控制杆；
  机械： 杠杆式测振仪；lever-type vibrograph 用杠杆原理直接将振动量放大后记录振幅波形的机械测振仪。；