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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryped·al I \ˈpe-dəl\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis, adjective DATE 16181. a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)2. a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism II adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin pedalis, from ped-, pes DATE 16181. \ˈpe-dəl also ˈpē-\ : of or relating to the foot2. \ˈpe-\ : of, relating to, or involving a pedal III \ˈpe-dəl\ verb (ped·aled also ped·alled ; ped·al·ing also ped·al·ling \ˈpe-dəl-iŋ, ˈped-liŋ\) DATE 1883intransitive verb1. to ride a bicycle2. to use or work a pedaltransitive verb: to work the pedals ofEnglish Etymologypedal 1611, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from Fr. pédale, from It. pedale "treadle, pedal," from L.L. pedale "(thing) of the foot," neut. of L. pedalis "of the foot," from pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. The verb is from the noun; 1866 of organs, 1888 of bicycles. Pedal-pushers "type of women's trousers suitable for bicycling" is from 1944.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pedalpedal / 5pedl / noun1. a flat bar on a machine such as a bicycle, car, etc. that you push down with your foot in order to make parts of the machine move or work (自行车等的)脚蹬子,踏板: I couldn't reach the pedals on her bike. 我骑她的车够不到脚蹬子。 She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal. 她猛踩刹车踏板。 2. a bar on a musical instrument such as a piano or an organ that you push with your foot in order to control the sound (钢琴、风琴等的)踏板,踏瓣,脚踏键verb(-ll-, US also -l-)1. [+adv. / prep.] to ride a bicycle somewhere 骑自行车: ▪ [V] I saw her pedalling along the towpath. 我看见她在纤道上骑自行车。 He jumped on his bike and pedalled off. 他跳上自行车就骑走了。 ▪ [VN] She pedalled her bicycle up the track. 她骑车上了小路。 2. to turn or press the pedals on a bicycle or other machine 踩踏板: ▪ [V] You'll have to pedal hard up this hill. 走上坡时你必须用力蹬车。 ▪ [VN] She had been pedalling her exercise bike all morning. 她整个上午都在蹬健身车。 ⇨ see also back-pedal , soft-pedalOxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishpedal noun ADJ. accelerator, brake, clutch | foot To stop the machine push the foot pedal. | bicycle | organ, piano | wah/wah-wah Some guitar players tend to overuse the wah-wah pedal. VERB + PEDAL press, push, put your foot on, step on, use, work Her foot was working the pedal of the sewing machine. | release, take your foot off PEDAL + VERB control sth, operate sth PEDAL + NOUN boat, car, cycle | bin PREP. on a/the ~ with one foot on the pedal Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: loud pedal , or augmented pedal , or pedal board , or pedal boat , or pedal bone , or pedal clarinet , or pedal coupler , or pedal disk , or pedal ganglion , or pedal gland , or pedal key , or pedal keyboard , or pedal-note , or pedal organ , or pedal piano , or pedal point , or pedal pushers , or rattrap pedal , or shifting pedal , or soft pedal , or soft-pedal , or sostenuto pedal , or sustaining pedal , or swell pedal , or una corda pedal , or pedal steel , or pedal clavier , or pedal steel guitar , or pedal straw , or crescendo pedal , or damper pedal , or double pedal pointped·alI. \ˈpedəl\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle French pedale, from Italian, organ pedal, tree trunk, plant stem, from Latin pedalis of the foot1. : a lever acted on by the foot in the playing of musical instruments: as a. (1) : any of the keys of an organ keyboard played upon with the feet; broadly : pedal keyboard (2) : a foot lever for drawing or shutting off one or more organ stops, for opening or shutting the swell box, or for coupling two keyboards b. : one of the foot levers functioning as stops on a harpsichord c. (1) : any of the levers used to alter the quality of or to sustain the tone of a piano (2) : any of the keys of a pedalier d. : one of the seven foot levers by which the strings of a harp are stopped to raise their pitch either one or two half steps — see harpillustration e. : a foot lever or treadle used to pump the bellows of a reed organ f. (1) : a foot lever used to change the pitch of a kettledrum quickly (2) : a foot lever used to beat a bass drum in a jazz orchestra2. : pedal point3. : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism (as a bicycle, loom, or sewing machine) — see bicycleillustration, hydraulic brake illustration4. [Italian pedale] or pedal straw a. : the light straw from the lower portion of wheat stalks b. : a plait made of this straw and used especially for millineryII. \“, ˈpēdəl\ adjectiveEtymology: Latin pedalis, from ped-, pes foot + -alis -al — more at foot1. : of or relating to the foot2. : of, relating to, or involving a pedalIII. \ˈpedəl\ verb(pedaled also pedalled ; pedaled also pedalled ; pedaling alsopedalling \-d(ə)liŋ\ ; pedals)Etymology: pedal (I) intransitive verb1. : to use or work a pedal (as of an organ, piano, or bicyle) < complimenting a pianist upon the accuracy of his … pedaling — Dudley Fitts >2. : to ride a bicycle : cycle 2 < pedaled off … to summon a mason — Ida Treat >transitive verb: to work the pedals of < pedaling a bicycle > < pedals the garbage can — Herbert Gold >

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