foot pedal
foot pedal — 名詞
1. a flat bar or small platform that you push with your foot to control a vehicle,
腳踏板
用腳踩下以操控機器的零件
a flat bar or small platform that you push with your foot to control a vehicle, machine, or piece of equipment
Eli pressed the foot pedal gently, and the sewing machine began to move smoothly.
Eli 輕輕踩下腳踏板，縫紉機便開始順暢運轉。
collocation: press the foot pedal
The instructor told Hui to keep her foot off the foot pedal between gear changes.
教練告訴 Hui 在換檔之間不要把左腳放在腳踏板上。
Omar's car has a foot pedal for the accelerator, the brake, and the clutch.
Omar 的車有油門、煞車和離合器三個腳踏板。
pattern: foot pedal for [function]
Tanvi pushed the foot pedal down harder to make the pottery wheel spin faster.
Tanvi 更用力地踩下腳踏板，讓陶輪轉得更快。
collocation: push the foot pedal down
- press a foot pedal
- push a foot pedal
- operate a foot pedal
- foot pedal for the brake
文法句型
foot pedal + for + [function]
press/push + a/the foot pedal
用法筆記
Often shortened to just 'pedal' when the context makes the meaning clear — for example, 'the accelerator pedal' in a car is always a foot pedal.
常見錯誤
2. a metal or wooden bar located near the floor of a keyboard instrument, such as a
踏瓣
樂器上用腳控制音效的裝置
a metal or wooden bar located near the floor of a keyboard instrument, such as a piano or organ, that the player presses with the foot to alter the sound's duration, volume, or tone
Heloísa pressed the right foot pedal to make piano notes ring longer onstage.
Heloísa 在台上踩下右邊的踏瓣，讓鋼琴的琴音延續更久。
the right foot pedal sustains notes
The organist pressed different foot pedals to produce deep, low notes for the church music.
管風琴手踩下不同的踏瓣，為教堂音樂奏出低沉的聲音。
Salma's piano teacher showed her how the left foot pedal makes the sound softer.
Salma 的鋼琴老師向她示範左邊的踏瓣如何讓聲音變得更柔和。
collocation: left foot pedal / right foot pedal
Mira keeps her heel down when using the foot pedal of the grand piano.
Mira 在踩平台鋼琴的踏瓣時，讓腳跟貼著地面。
- use the foot pedal
- press the foot pedal
- left foot pedal
- right foot pedal
- foot pedal of the piano
- piano pedal
more specific; used when the instrument is already identified as a piano
- sustain pedal
refers specifically to the rightmost foot pedal that holds notes after the keys are released
文法句型
the + [left/right] + foot pedal
use + a/the foot pedal
用法筆記
On a modern piano there are typically two or three foot pedals: the right (sustain) pedal, the left (soft) pedal, and a middle (sostenute or practice) pedal. Each produces a different effect on the sound.