crowbar

英 ['krəʊbɑː] 美 ['krobɑr]
  • n. 撬棍;铁橇;起货钩

中文词源


crowbar 铁撬棍

来自crow和bar的组合词,因形似乌鸦脚趾而得名。或可能是来自crook bar, 故意拼写成crowbar.

英文词源


crowbar (n.)
1748, with bar (n.1), earlier simply crow (c. 1400); so called from its "beak" or from resemblance to a crow's foot; or possibly it is from crows, from Old French cros, plural of croc "hook."

双语例句


1. Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar.
邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。

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2. I got him on the back of the head with a crowbar.
我一撬棍打在他头的后部.

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3. One particular prisoner recalls having hidden a crowbar In the area concerned.
有个囚犯在那个地方藏了个铁撬.

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4. I pried it loose a crowbar and hoisted it into the wheelbarrow.
我用撬棍把它撬松,然后搬到了手推车里.

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5. To threaten Kimberly, Dan smashes Janet's arm with a crowbar.
为了威胁金伯利, 丹用一根撬棍打碎了珍妮特的手臂.

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