Pedal



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解释

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• n. 踏板, 脚蹬; v. 骑脚踏车
• ［英］ v. 骑脚踏车 ( ride a bicycle)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis, adjective
• Date: 1618
• 1. a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)
• 2. a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism

II. adjective

• Etymology: Latin pedalis, from ped-, pes
• Date: 1618
• 1. of or relating to the foot
• 2. of, relating to, or involving a pedal

III. verb (pedaled; also pedalled; pedaling; also pedalling)

• Date: 1883
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to ride a bicycle
  • 2. to use or work a pedal
• transitive verb
  • to work the pedals of

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