pedal

noun

/ˈpedl/

Idioms

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a flat bar on a machine such as a bicycle, car, etc. that you push down with your foot in order to make parts of the machine move or work（自行车、汽车等的）脚蹬子，踏板
- I couldn't reach the pedals on her bike.我骑她的车够不到脚蹬子。
- She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.她猛踩刹车踏板。
- a pedal boat (= one driven by pedals)用脚踏驱动的船。
see also gas pedal
Wordfinder
- back-pedal
- cycling
- dismount
- handlebar
- pedal
- ride
- saddle
- speed
- tandem
- velodrome
- Her foot was working the pedal of the sewing machine.她用脚蹬着缝纫机的踏板。
- To stop the machine push the foot pedal.踩脚踏板可以让机器停止运转。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- accelerator
- brake
- clutch
- …
verb + pedal
- depress
- press
- push
- …
pedal + verb
- control something
- operate something
pedal + noun
- boat
- car
- cycle
- …
preposition
- on a/the pedal
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a bar on a musical instrument such as a piano or an organ that you push with your foot in order to control the sound（钢琴、风琴等的）踏板，踏瓣，脚踏键
- The soft pedal is placed leftmost in the row of pedals.软踏板放在踏板排的最左边。
- Some guitar players tend to overuse the wah-wah pedal.一些吉他手往往会滥用“哇哇”踏板。
Topics Musicc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- accelerator
- brake
- clutch
- …
verb + pedal
- depress
- press
- push
- …
pedal + verb
- control something
- operate something
pedal + noun
- boat
- car
- cycle
- …
preposition
- on a/the pedal

词源early 17th cent. (denoting a foot-operated lever of an organ): from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis ‘a foot in length’, from pes, ped- ‘foot’.

Idioms

put the pedal to the metal

(also with the pedal to the metal)

(North American English, informal)

(to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor全速（前进）；（开车时）将油门踩到底
- We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal. 我们将油门踩到底，在夜色里全速前进。
to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible竭尽全力；尽最大努力
- I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work.我还在这里竭尽全力地工作。

pedal

verb

/ˈpedl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they pedal	/ˈpedl/ /ˈpedl/
he / she / it pedals	/ˈpedlz/ /ˈpedlz/
past simple pedalled	/ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/
past participle pedalled	/ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/
(US English) past simple pedaled	/ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/
(US English) past participle pedaled	/ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/
-ing form pedalling	/ˈpedlɪŋ/ /ˈpedlɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form pedaling	/ˈpedlɪŋ/ /ˈpedlɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to ride a bicycle somewhere骑自行车
- + adv./prep. I saw her pedalling along the towpath.我看见她在纤道上骑自行车。
- He jumped on his bike and pedalled off.他跳上自行车就骑走了。
- She pedalled away down the hill.她骑着自行车下山去了。
- pedal something + adv./prep. She pedalled her bicycle up the track.她骑车上了小路。
- He pedalled along the lane and up the hill.他骑车沿着小路上山。
- He pedalled furiously up the hill.他猛踩踏板向山上骑去。
- He refused to pedal up the hill.他拒绝骑车上山。
- She pedalled away as fast as she could.她尽可能快地骑车离开了。
- You have to pedal hard to get anywhere.到哪儿去你都必须使劲儿踩踏板。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- fast
- frantically
- furiously
- …
preposition
- along
- down
- up
- …
[intransitive, transitive] to turn or press the pedals on a bicycle or other machine踩踏板
- (+ adv./prep.) You'll have to pedal hard up this hill.走上坡时你必须用力蹬车。
- You can stop pedalling and freewheel for a while.你可以停止踩踏板，自由滑行一段时间。
- pedal something She had been pedalling her exercise bike all morning.她整个上午都在蹬健身车。
Topics Sports: other sportsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- fast
- frantically
- furiously
- …
preposition
- along
- down
- up
- …