c. 1300, from Old French levier (Modern French leveur) "a lifter, a lever," agent noun from lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise," from levis "light" in weight, from PIE root *legwh- "light, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cognates: Sanskrit laghuh "quick, small;" Greek elakhys "small," elaphros "light;" Old Church Slavonic liguku, Lithuanian lengvas "light;" Old Irish laigiu "smaller, worse;" Gothic leihts, Old English leoht "light" (adj.)). As a verb, 1856, from the noun.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.
電梯修理工可以轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)這根杠桿直接操作機(jī)器。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.
壓下?lián)鯒U，直到聽(tīng)到擋掛好。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever.