['li:və]
lever
n. 杠杆,似杠杆之工具
v. 撬开,使用杠杆

词形变化:

动词过去式:levered 过去分词:levered 现在分词:levering 第三人称单数:levers

例句与用法:

  1. This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
    这撬棒准是用於不可告人的目的的.
  2. Push hard and the lever will go down.
    用力推就能把控制杆按下去.
  3. He employed his knife as a lever.
    他把刀子当杠杆用.
  4. This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.
    最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。
  5. Move this lever to change gear.
    换档时扳动这根操纵杆。

英英解释:

名词 lever:

  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
  4. 同义词:lever tumbler

动词 lever:

  1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
  2. 同义词:pry, prise, prize, jimmy