lever

英 ['liːvə(r)] 美 ['levər]

• n. 杠杆；控制杆；手段
• v. 撬开；使用杠杆

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]杠杆

   a bar for lifting sth heavy or opening sth, put one end under the thing you want to lift or open, and push the other end

2. [C]操作杆

   a thing that you pull or push to make a machine work

v. (动词)

1. vt. (用杠杆)移动〔撬开〕

   move (sth) with a lever

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 手段
2. 杠杆，杠
3. 工具
4. 控制杆，操纵杆，操作杆
5. 手柄，手把
6. 矫平机
7. 臂距
8. 施压的行为
9. 似杠杆之工具
10. 【物】杠杆
11. 橇杠

v. 动词

1. 撬起，撬开，撬动
2. 移动
3. 用控制杆操纵
4. 用杠杆移（撬）动
5. 把…作为杠杆
6. 使用杠杆

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He employed his knife as a lever.
   他把刀子当杠杆用。
2. This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
   这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。
3. Push hard and the lever will go down.
   用力推就能把控制杆按下去。
4. Move this lever to change gear.
   换档时扳动这根操纵杆。
5. 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。

用作动词 (v.)

1. They managed to lever the door open.
   他们设法撬开了门。
2. We are trying to lever the roots out, but in vain.
   我们试图撬掉这些树根,但没有成功。
3. The worker is levering at the rock.
   工人用杠杆移动岩石。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.
   他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
2. Push the lever and the machine will start.
   推动启动杆,机器就开动了。
3. They used the threat of strike action as a lever to get the employers to agree to their demands.
   他们以罢工威胁为手段,要求雇主同意他们的要求。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They levered it into position.
   他们用杠杆把它撬到位。
2. They levered the iron into the house.
   他们用杠杆把铁块撬进屋里。

经典引文

• A simple flip of a lever will enable the bike to be folded.

  出自：Toronto Sun

• Joseph..levered up the lid..with a chisel.

  出自： C. Mackenzie

• I levered Smithy into a sitting position.

  出自： A. MacLean

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

lever out( v.+adv. )

使(自己)费力地站起来make (oneself) rise with difficulty, effort, etc.
lever sth ⇔ out
We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out.

在撬树根时我们遇到了很多麻烦。 lever sb out of sth
They're trying to lever him out of his job as head of the firm.

他们试图把他从公司首脑的位置上挤走。 lever oneself out
Once you're stuck in deep snow, it's difficult to lever yourself out.

你一旦陷进深雪中,就很难拔出身。

lever up( v.+adv. )

费力地支起(自己)lift (oneself) up with difficulty, effort
lever sth ⇔ up
If you lever up the stone with a stick, you will find lots of insects living beneath it.

要是用棍把这块石头撬起来,你会看到石头下面有许多虫子。 lever oneself up
The wounded soldier levered himself up on his elbow and shouted for help.

那个伤兵用胳膊支起身子,大声呼救。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• move lever 移动杠杆
• pull〔push〕 a lever 拉操纵杆(开动机器等),(在投票站)拉选票

形容词+～

• operating lever 操纵杆
• timing lever 定时杆

名词+～

• brake〔control〕 lever 刹车〔操纵〕杆
• gear lever 变速装置

～+名词

• lever rule 杠杆定律

用作动词 (v.)

副词+～

• lever along〔away, out, over, up〕 撬动,撬起

～+介词

• lever ...into... 用杠杆把…撬进…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. lever用作名词时,其基本意思是“杠杆”,也可指机器的“操作杆”;用于比喻时,可表示“(施加某种压力的)手段,方法。”

近反义词

【近义词】

• force 武力
• pry 打听
• jimmy 撬棒
• prise 强行使分开
• control 掌控
• device 装置
• pedal 踏板
• treadle 踏木
• open 开着的
• work loose 松掉
• hoist 升起
• move 移动
• lift 举起
• boost 提高
• raise 上升
• handspike 木梃
• bar 酒吧
• handle 处理
• jam 果酱
• machine 机器
• prize 奖品