English Dictionary

lever

/ˈliː.vɚ/

noun

(mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

He pulled the lever to start the machine.

意味（1）

(mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

意味（2）

Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

意味（3）

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).

意味（4）

(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.

A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

意味（5）

(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

意味（6）

(obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.

My lord, I brained him with a lever my neighbour lent me, and he stood by and cried, ‘Strike home, old boy!’