crowbar

FREQ #17085

n. 铁挺, 起货钩, 撬棍, 铁撬 [计] 短路器

发音

US /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/
其它

词形变化

crowbars 复数 crowbars crowbarred crowbarring crowbars 三单 crowbarring 现在分词 crowbarred 过去式 crowbarred 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

    撬棍

    铁撬

    撬杠

    铁挺

  2. 2.

    An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.

  3. 3.

    A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.

v.
  1. 1.

    To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.

    及物

    He crowbarred the door open.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

pry pry bar wrecking bar

上位词 1

lever

下位词 3

jimmy Jim Crow jemmy

相关短语

crowbar hotel

词源

From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.

来源：wiktionary