英语词汇“pedal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1nvadj 2n

Anything you push with your feet to control a machine, vehicle, or instrument is a pedal. When you use a sewing machine, you push the pedal with your foot to make the needle move up and down.

When you see the letters ped, something related to the foot might just be afoot. Pedestrians walk around by foot, and a pedicure is when your tootsies get the spa treatment. Those letters don’t always relate to feet, but it does with pedal, the noun or verb. The controls on the floor of your car are pedals, and if you put the pedal to the metal, it means you press as hard as you can on the gas pedal. Woohoo!

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

peddle / pedal / petal

Sometimes the only way to choose your words with homophones is to memorize their spellings and meanings. Pedal/peddle/petal is one such set of homophones.

A pedal is a lever controlled with the foot, such as found on a piano or a bicycle. To pedal is to use such a lever to control something. It descends from the Late Latin pedale, for a thing of the foot, which descends ultimately from the Latin pēs, for foot.

The city is expected to finalize this week a five-year contract to bring pedal boats back to Wesley Lake this summer.

Bicycle riders will be pedaling over hills and through pastures Saturday near Stonewall.

To peddle can mean to travel around selling items (think door-to-door salesmen). It can also mean to sell illicit drugs or, informally, to give out or spread, as with information or lies.

A former Alaska lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a state count of letting unregistered lobbyists peddle their ideas to him.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned the public against taking black pills peddled in unlabelled bottles.

Finally, a petal is a flower's brightly colored leaf that joins with other petals to form the flower's corolla.

You will start with a great big rose complete with curly petals and shiny leaves painted from reference.

Spread generously or pipe over the cooled cupcakes and top each with a rose petal.

Remember that pedal is related to foot through the Latin pēs and that someone who peddles goods goes from door to door. If you don't want either of those, then you can choose the flower's petal.

WORD FAMILY

pedal: pedaled, pedaler, pedaling, pedalled, pedaller, pedalling, pedals+/pedaler: pedalers/pedaller: pedallers

USAGE EXAMPLES

“It’s just important to keep that foot on the gas pedal,” Brady said.

Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)

Indoor cycling requires constant pedaling while there is some coasting outdoors.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

On his Instagram account, he wrote: “Pedal is always to the metal and fuel is still in the tank. #VroomVroom.”

Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016)

1n a lever that is operated with the foot

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

foot lever, foot pedal, treadle

accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle

a pedal that controls the throttle valve

brake pedal

foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder

clutch, clutch pedal

a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

soft pedal

a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

loud pedal, sustaining pedal

a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating

lever

a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

2v ride a bicycle

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel

unicycle

ride a unicycle

backpedal

pedal backwards on a bicycle

ride

be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

3v operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

Hyper

control, operate

handle and cause to function

4adj of or relating to the feet

the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'

n a sustained bass note

Syn|Hyper

pedal point

musical note, note, tone

a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

单词	pedal
释义	pedal (once / 2224 pages) 1nvadj 2n Anything you push with your feet to control a machine, vehicle, or instrument is a pedal. When you use a sewing machine, you push the pedal with your foot to make the needle move up and down. When you see the letters ped, something related to the foot might just be afoot. Pedestrians walk around by foot, and a pedicure is when your tootsies get the spa treatment. Those letters don’t always relate to feet, but it does with pedal, the noun or verb. The controls on the floor of your car are pedals, and if you put the pedal to the metal, it means you press as hard as you can on the gas pedal. Woohoo! CHOOSE YOUR WORDS peddle / pedal / petal Sometimes the only way to choose your words with homophones is to memorize their spellings and meanings. Pedal/peddle/petal is one such set of homophones. A pedal is a lever controlled with the foot, such as found on a piano or a bicycle. To pedal is to use such a lever to control something. It descends from the Late Latin pedale, for a thing of the foot, which descends ultimately from the Latin pēs, for foot. The city is expected to finalize this week a five-year contract to bring pedal boats back to Wesley Lake this summer. Bicycle riders will be pedaling over hills and through pastures Saturday near Stonewall. To peddle can mean to travel around selling items (think door-to-door salesmen). It can also mean to sell illicit drugs or, informally, to give out or spread, as with information or lies. A former Alaska lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a state count of letting unregistered lobbyists peddle their ideas to him. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned the public against taking black pills peddled in unlabelled bottles. Finally, a petal is a flower's brightly colored leaf that joins with other petals to form the flower's corolla. You will start with a great big rose complete with curly petals and shiny leaves painted from reference. Spread generously or pipe over the cooled cupcakes and top each with a rose petal. Remember that pedal is related to foot through the Latin pēs and that someone who peddles goods goes from door to door. If you don't want either of those, then you can choose the flower's petal. WORD FAMILY pedal: pedaled, pedaler, pedaling, pedalled, pedaller, pedalling, pedals+/pedaler: pedalers/pedaller: pedallers USAGE EXAMPLES “It’s just important to keep that foot on the gas pedal,” Brady said. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Indoor cycling requires constant pedaling while there is some coasting outdoors. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) On his Instagram account, he wrote: “Pedal is always to the metal and fuel is still in the tank. #VroomVroom.” Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n a lever that is operated with the foot Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper foot lever, foot pedal, treadle accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle a pedal that controls the throttle valve brake pedal foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder clutch, clutch pedal a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism soft pedal a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound loud pedal, sustaining pedal a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating lever a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum 2v ride a bicycle Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel unicycle ride a unicycle backpedal pedal backwards on a bicycle ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle 3v operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument Hyper control, operate handle and cause to function 4adj of or relating to the feet the word for a pedal extremity is `foot' 2 n a sustained bass note Syn\|Hyper pedal point musical note, note, tone a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
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