| 单词 | toggle |
| 释义 | toggle n. & v. --n 1. a device for fastening (esp. a garment), consisting of a crosspiece which can pass through a hole or loop in one position but not in another. 2. a pin or other crosspiece put through the eye of a rope, a link of a chain, etc., to keep it in place. 3. a pivoted barb on a harpoon. 4. Computing a switch action that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions. --vtr. provide or fasten with a toggle. Phrases and idioms toggle joint a device for exerting pressure along two jointed rods by applying a transverse force at the joint. toggle switch an electric switch with a projecting lever to be moved usu. up and down. Etymology: 18th-c. Naut.: orig. unkn. |
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