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crowbar

/kroh-bahr/US // ˈkroʊˌbɑr //UK // (ˈkrəʊˌbɑː) //

撬棍,撬棒,撬杠,杠杆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called crow. a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    crow·barred, crow·bar·ring.

    • : to pry open, loosen, etc., with a crowbar: We had to crowbar a window to get in.

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Examples

  • When a regular ol’ crowbar won’t do, clamp its 2-inch claw around a recalcitrant board to wrench it loose.

  • “One swipe with a crowbar and he would have been down,” Sasha said.

  • How can he have a crowbar with him when he gets to the warehouse?

  • Considering you would need a crowbar to pry them apart, it's true that food and wine in France share a special bond.

  • Abad told the police her mother had struck her with a crowbar.

  • He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.

  • The Captain quickly lowered his crowbar, and the chest hung over the brink of the abyss.

  • The Captain threw away his crowbar, for the last chest had fallen in its turn over the precipice.

  • Every possible hand that could swing a pick or jam a crowbar against grudging ice would be needed up there.

  • The men nodded, and the younger stepped forward, raised his crowbar, and dealt a tremendous blow on the upper panel.