| 单词 | control lever |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontrol lever control lever n. a lever by which a machine is controlled; spec. = control column n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > others hammer1546 pawl1730 swinger1825 key1837 throw lever1866 sweep-rod1867 bell-crank1881 control lever1887 touch key1957 1887 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. Entomol. No. 14. 57 The tension due to the stretch imparted to it [sc. a thread] by the difference in the circumferential speed of the two drums is sufficient to keep open the circuit-closing device of the control lever. 1897 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 15 July 806/2 A constant re-determination of the leverage of the machine by the aid of a control lever. 1904 A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist iv. 84 By opening the control levers the speed can be varied from six to forty miles an hour. 1913 H. R. P. Reynolds in A. E. Berriman Aviation 166 I scarcely moved my control lever until I got to Bletchley, where it [sc. the air] began to get rather ‘bumpy’. 1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks 28 Sometimes when the Aeroplane is on the ground the control lever or ‘joy-stick’ is lashed fast. 1936 Discovery Apr. 113/1 The locomotive responds instantly to a movement of the control levers. 2011 R. A. Thompson Big Wheat iii. 16 He looked over his control levers, frantically reviewing what he knew about them. < as lemmas |
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