Pedal

(noun.) a lever that is operated with the foot.

(verb.) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument.

(adj.) of or relating to the feet; 'the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'' .

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• The first back-pedal brake is shown in United States Pat. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Morrow hub brake, which applies friction to the rear wheel hub by back pressure on the pedal, is a popular modern form. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Out of them we dragged a bicycle, Palmer-tired, one pedal bent, and the whole front of it horribly smeared and slobbered with blood. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In 1855 Ernst Michaux, a French locksmith, applied, for the first time, the foot cranks and pedals to the axle of the drive wheel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In this the high wheel was behind and the small one in front, and straps and ratchet wheels connected the pedals to the axle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It should be understood that propulsion of this first Copeland model was not intended to depend solely upon mechanical power, but to be operated in connection with the foot pedals. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There is a sharp turning of the road, and I pedalled very quickly round this, and then I stopped and waited. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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