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词汇 crowbar
释义 crowbar
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkrəʊ.bɑːr/ us /ˈkroʊ.bɑːr/
a heavy iron bar with a bent end that is used to help lift heavy objects off the ground or to force things open: (铁)撬棍
The thieves forced one of the windows open with a crowbar.窃贼用撬棍撬开了一扇窗户。
 
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crowbar | American Dictionary


crowbar
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkroʊˌbɑr/
a heavy, iron bar with a bent end that is used to lift heavy objects off the ground or to force things open

Examples of crowbar


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At the gates of their house, the father was hit on the head with a crowbar.
The appellant was holding the handlebars while the other boy tried with a crowbar to force open the chain and padlock securing the motor cycle.
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I heard of an incident this morning where the picket line was manned by a number of people including one who carried a crowbar.
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They first tried to dismantle the escalator and finally used a crowbar to release the child.
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For the first time, our policy will crowbar open higher education for poorer working-class students.
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Several recent incidents have involved attacks by several dozen people armed with slegehammers and crowbars.
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We had to crowbar trust representatives into talking to the press.
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Certain steps are being taken, but a number of these offences arise through the destruction of the receptacles by crowbars and implements of that kind.
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When a lorry driver was trying to get through, the crowbar was much in evidence.
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He was struck over the head with a crowbar, but two civilians arrested one of the malefactors.
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Some of us with vision can see the mineowners coming with their crowbar on a convenient occasion to send it down further still.
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The vandals even scrawled obscene rhymes on the walls, threatening to sort her out with a crowbar.
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His only vulnerable part is his nose, so the thing to do is to hit him on the nose with a crowbar.
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He also sees a rock and a crowbar at his feet.
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The police endeavoured to act by persuasion, but were finally attacked with sticks, bottles and crowbars by a crowd of more than 200.
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