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back.ped.al5bAk7ped7[l, -5--v [I]-ll- or Am usually -l- to PEDAL backwards on a bicycle, or (fig.) to change an opinion that you had expressed before, or do something different from what you had said you would do倒踏自行车踏脚板;变卦Some types of bike have brakes which you operate by backpedalling.有些型号的自行车可以通过倒踏踏脚板刹车。(fig.) As soon as I said I thought she was wrong, she started backpedalling.我一说我认为她错了,她立刻耍赖。(fig.) He said he'd help, but now he's starting to backpedal ( on his promise).他说过他会帮忙的,可他现在开始变卦了。
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