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treadle

/tred-l/US // ˈtrɛd l //UK // (ˈtrɛdəl) //

踏板,脚踏车,踏板式,踩踏

Related Words

tool工具,工具类crowbar撬棍,撬棒,撬杠,杠杆pedal踏板,脚踏,踏板的作用,蹬车lam跛行,跛脚,跛子,跛足jimmy姜文bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏binder活页夹,活页纸,装订本,活页夹子jack杰克,千斤顶,插孔,千金pry窥探,撬开,撬动,刺探peavey豌豆荚,豌豆蔻,豌豆苗,豌豆黄peavy裴氏,裴氏家族,裴氏集团,裴氏兄弟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
    • : a platform, as on a bus or trolleycar, for opening an exit door.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    trea·dled, trea·dling.

    • : to work a treadle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlever
Synonyms
crowbar撬棍,撬棒,撬杠,杠杆pedal踏板,脚踏,踏板的作用,蹬车tool工具,工具类bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏binder活页夹,活页纸,装订本,活页夹子jack杰克,千斤顶,插孔,千金jimmy姜文lam跛行,跛脚,跛子,跛足peavey豌豆荚,豌豆蔻,豌豆苗,豌豆黄peavy裴氏,裴氏家族,裴氏集团,裴氏兄弟pry窥探,撬开,撬动,刺探

Examples

  • Treadle water pumps in Africa and Asia allowed women farmers to irrigate small plots and increase their harvests and incomes.

  • A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.

  • Bent low over the machine, he seems absorbed in the work, his hands deftly manipulating the shuttle, his foot on the treadle.

  • The wheel propelled by the treadle of the sewing machine will make a good drive wheel.

  • You stood before this and turned a large wheel at the left to start it, after which you kept it going with one foot on a treadle.

  • All that is necessary is to leave an extension to the arm or heel of the treadle to catch over the jaw of the trap.

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