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单词 treadle
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Definition of treadle in English:

treadle

noun ˈtrɛd(ə)lˈtrɛdl
  • A lever worked by the foot and imparting motion to a machine.

    机器的踏板

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For instance, a woman using buckets can do 200-500 square metres while the treadle pump user can cover up to 2,500 square metres (five times as much) within the same given time.
    • Polishing in our workshop had to be done on an old treadle lathe, the only machine we had.
    • He was listening to the singing of treadle sewing machines hard at work, not an encroaching fever.
    • The other result was that Bob became skilled at hand setting lines of display type, locking up printing formes and hand feeding both treadle and motorised presses.
    • He said that Tri-Lakes would provide 100 per cent maintenance to the treadle pumps that were given to the farmers.
    • My mother wasn't good at sewing but she had a treadle sewing machine and patched and patched.
    • Other developments in the nineteenth century included the reclining dental chair, amalgam fillings (which were controversial even in the 1850s), and the treadle engine for driving the dental drill.
    • Pumping their feet on the treadle would turn the drill bit in the patient's tooth.
    • Franklin's glass armonica, which rests in a mahogany veneered case on cabriole legs and pad feet, was probably originally fitted with a foot treadle to rotate the axle on which the color-coded glass bowls were mounted.
    • She had a treadle sewing machine and mended everything.
    • I loved the sound of my boot beating on the treadle.
    • My thin black boot beat on the treadle, urging the wheel to spin harder.
    • The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
    • Clothing and homemade baskets come from a cooperative of women who sew on foot treadle machines.
    • I almost wished we could use the defunct treadles because every time I turned my machine own it ran away with me.
    • A Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, is credited with adding a treadle drive mechanism in 1840, for the first time enabling the rider to lift his feet off the ground.
    • He dipped his fingers in water, spun the bowls using a foot treadle and then played them almost like a piano.
    • I replaced the missing foot treadle; otherwise, it is as found.
    • In this experiment, demonstrator pigeons either stepped on a treadle or pecked at the treadle to obtain a food reward.
    • It lived for a long time at the bottom of the button drawer on my grandmother's old treadle Singer sewing machine, which I had inherited.
verb ˈtrɛd(ə)lˈtrɛdl
[with object]
  • Operate (a machine) with a treadle.

    踩踏板开动(机器)

    he was treadling the cardboard-box machine

Origin

Old English tredel 'stair, step' (see tread).

Rhymes

backpedal, heddle, medal, meddle, pedal, peddle

Definition of treadle in US English:

treadle

nounˈtredlˈtrɛdl
  • 1A lever worked by the foot that imparts motion to a machine.

    机器的踏板

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Polishing in our workshop had to be done on an old treadle lathe, the only machine we had.
    • Franklin's glass armonica, which rests in a mahogany veneered case on cabriole legs and pad feet, was probably originally fitted with a foot treadle to rotate the axle on which the color-coded glass bowls were mounted.
    • A Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, is credited with adding a treadle drive mechanism in 1840, for the first time enabling the rider to lift his feet off the ground.
    • She had a treadle sewing machine and mended everything.
    • The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
    • Clothing and homemade baskets come from a cooperative of women who sew on foot treadle machines.
    • The other result was that Bob became skilled at hand setting lines of display type, locking up printing formes and hand feeding both treadle and motorised presses.
    • It lived for a long time at the bottom of the button drawer on my grandmother's old treadle Singer sewing machine, which I had inherited.
    • For instance, a woman using buckets can do 200-500 square metres while the treadle pump user can cover up to 2,500 square metres (five times as much) within the same given time.
    • He dipped his fingers in water, spun the bowls using a foot treadle and then played them almost like a piano.
    • My mother wasn't good at sewing but she had a treadle sewing machine and patched and patched.
    • I almost wished we could use the defunct treadles because every time I turned my machine own it ran away with me.
    • In this experiment, demonstrator pigeons either stepped on a treadle or pecked at the treadle to obtain a food reward.
    • My thin black boot beat on the treadle, urging the wheel to spin harder.
    • Pumping their feet on the treadle would turn the drill bit in the patient's tooth.
    • I replaced the missing foot treadle; otherwise, it is as found.
    • Other developments in the nineteenth century included the reclining dental chair, amalgam fillings (which were controversial even in the 1850s), and the treadle engine for driving the dental drill.
    • He was listening to the singing of treadle sewing machines hard at work, not an encroaching fever.
    • I loved the sound of my boot beating on the treadle.
    • He said that Tri-Lakes would provide 100 per cent maintenance to the treadle pumps that were given to the farmers.
    1. 1.1 Any of a row of metal spikes set on an angle on a spring within a plate laid across the entrance or exit of a parking facility, used to prevent drivers from using the facility without paying.
verbˈtredlˈtrɛdl
[with object]
  • Operate (a machine) using a treadle.

    踩踏板开动(机器)

    he was treadling the cardboard-box machine

Origin

Old English tredel ‘stair, step’ (see tread).

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