lever
n
1 bar or other device turning on a fixed point (the fulcrum) which lifts or opens sth with one end when pressure is applied to the other end 杠桿; 杠桿裝置.
2 handle used to operate or control machinery (機器的)控制桿, 操作桿
Move this lever to change gear. 換擋時扳動這根操作桿. =>illus 見插圖.
3 (fig 比喻) means of exerting moral pressure (施加道德壓力的)手段, 方法
This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy. 最近的事件或可作為迫使政府改變其政策所需的手段. lever, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.a]
move (sth) with a lever (用杠桿)撬動(某物)
They levered the rock into the hole. 他們用杠子把大石撬進洞里.
lever a crate open 把板條箱撬開.