Pedal

['ped(ə)l] or ['pɛdl]

解释:

(noun.) a lever that is operated with the foot.

(verb.) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument.

(adj.) of or relating to the feet; 'the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'' .

伯纳德录入--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

(a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.

(a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

(a.) A pedal curve or surface.

编辑:桑德拉

解释:

adj. pertaining to a foot.—n. any part of a machine transmitting power from the foot: in musical instruments a lever moved by the foot.—v.i. to work a pedal.—n. Pēdā′le a foot-cloth in front of an altar: a collection of canons of general councils in the Greek Church.—adjs. Pēdā′lian relating to the foot or to a metrical foot; Ped′āte divided like a foot: (bot.) having the side lobes of a divided leaf also divided into smaller parts the midribs of which do not run to a common centre as in the palmate leaf.—adv. Ped′ātely.—adj. Pedat′ifid divided in a pedate manner but having the divisions connected at the base.—Combination pedal a metal pedal in organs controlling several stops at once.

编辑:尼特