• n. 杠桿；控制桿
• vt. 用杠桿撬動；把…作為杠桿
• vi. 用杠桿撬
• n. (Lever)人名；(法)勒韋；(英)利弗；(德)萊韋爾

來自拉丁語levare,升起，舉起，來自PIE*legwh,輕的，可舉起的，詞源同light,levitate.引申詞義杠桿。

lever (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French levier (Modern French leveur) "a lifter, a lever," agent noun from lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise," from levis "light" in weight, from PIE root *legwh- "light, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cognates: Sanskrit laghuh "quick, small;" Greek elakhys "small," elaphros "light;" Old Church Slavonic liguku, Lithuanian lengvas "light;" Old Irish laigiu "smaller, worse;" Gothic leihts, Old English leoht "light" (adj.)). As a verb, 1856, from the noun.

1. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.

電梯修理工可以轉動這根杠桿直接操作機器。

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2. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.

壓下擋桿，直到聽到擋掛好。

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3. I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever.

我把硬幣投入機器，拉動控制桿。

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4. He pushed a lever that speeded up the car.

他掛擋加快了速度。

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5. Push the tiny lever on the lock.

按一下鎖上的小柄。

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