treadle

🇺🇸 /ˈtredl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtredl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
noun
R

A bar or lever that you step on to make a machine work.

The tailor used the treadle to power the sewing machine.

裁縫使用踏板為縫紉機提供動力。

verb
R

To step on a treadle to make a machine work.

She treadled the spinning wheel to spin the wool.

她踩踏著紡車轉動羊毛。

R

To walk heavily or clumsily.

He treadled into the room, making a lot of noise.

他踩著踏板走進房間,發出很大的聲響。

translation

n. 踏板
v. 踩踏板, 重步行走

詞形變化

Plural treadles
Progressive treadling
Past treadled
3rd Present treadles
Perfect treadled