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单词 lever
释义
lev·er (lĕvər, lēvər)
n.
1. A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force, as in raising or moving a weight at one end by pushing down on the other.
2. A projecting handle used to adjust or operate a mechanism.
3. A means of accomplishing; a tool: used friendship as a lever to obtain advancement.
tr.v. lev·ered, lev·er·ing, lev·ers
1. To move or lift with a lever: levered up the manhole cover.
2. To move (oneself, for example) in a manner resembling the use of a lever: "[He] levered himself out the window all the way to his waist" (Stephen King).

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