treadle

1 A spring enclosed in the box u causes it to revolve, and winds up the slack of the cord whenever the treadle is relieved.

2 By that time not only had the word “velocipede” been discarded for “bicycle,” and “treadles” become “pedals,” but the machine itself, although in general appearance very much the same, had been improved in detail.

3 Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it.

4 So she set about raising the $110 that would cover the cost of a pedal-operated - or treadle - sewing machine for Asha, the only option for those who do not have reliable access to electricity.

5 Stoppelman explained that individual warp threads, which make up the longitudinal pattern in woven cloth, are put on a roller and then threaded individually through wire heddles, which are attached to a shaft and then to a foot treadle.

6 In December 1943, longtime contributor Walter E. Burton explained how to motorize a treadle sewing machine.

7 Marlena laughed and her feet took up the rapid pace on the treadle that caused the rhythmic motion of the loom.

8 She was working the treadle of her sewing-machine.

她正用脚踩动缝纫机的踏板。

9 Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread.

10 This may be done either by the hand numbering machine or by the larger machine worked with a treadle.

11 Hannah sat before her small flax wheel, her foot moving briskly on the treadle.

12 At his treadle machine, on the terrace of the Copromof workshop in the capital of Burkina Faso, Mr Dao is at the forefront of an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny revolution.

13 It was just the treadle I think came against your calf.

14 The brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones.

制砖工人在粘土上踏动踏板,以便捡出其中的石块.

15 In the long-jump competition, the athlete's fast and accurate treadle-jump relates to the success of the competition and the good use of the sports skills.

在跳远比赛中运动员能否快速、准确地踏板起跳，关系到技术的发挥和比赛的成败。

16 It wasn’t quite pitch-dark, and in the ghostly gray predawn light he could see the old treadle sewing machine.

17 So, saying that he would show us, he clambered up, sat down on the saddle smiling, and began to work the treadles eagerly.

18 Revolution is given to the screw by means of the treadle b′ and the cord y, which runs over the guiding screw w, Fig.

19 Her aunt's workroom, with its..treadle sewing machine.

20 During the Civil War, a treadle machine, as well as hand sewing, provided the extensive wardrobe needed by the soldiers.

1 踏板

pedal treadboard saddle footboard duckboard step tread gangplank running board toehold springboard drop sill tread-board footplate side step floor sheet running plate

2 踏脚板

pedal

3 踩踏

stamp

4 骑脚踏车

cycling wheeling bike wheel cycle bicycle

5 卵带

chalaza tread

6 踩踏板

pedal