| 单词 | pedal |
| 释义 | pedal /ped"l/ or, for 6-8, /peed"l/, n. , v. , pedaled, pedaling or (esp. Brit.) pedalled, pedalling, adj. n. 1. a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps. 2. a leverlike part worked by the foot to supply power in various mechanisms, as the bicycle. 3. Music. a. a foot-operated keyboard, as on an organ or harpsichord. b. any of the keys of such a keyboard. c. See pedal point. v.i. 4. to work or use the pedals, as in playing an organ or propelling a bicycle. v.t. 5. to work the pedals of (an organ, bicycle, etc.). adj. 6. of or pertaining to a foot or the feet. 7. of or pertaining to a pedal or pedals. 8. using pedals: a pedal mechanism. [1605-15; ( < F pédale) < L pedalis of the feet. See PED-2, -AL1] |
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