toggle — 영어 사전

명사

1. A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.

2. A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.

   용법

   • in particular

3. A toggle switch.

4. An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.

5. A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.

6. A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.

   예문

   Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard.

7. A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.

동사

1. To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

   예문

   Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.

2. To switch between alternate states.

   예문

   toggle to lower/upper case

   You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   He’s that rare creature who’s equally powerful in the classics and popular fare, who’s dedicated to toggling between stage and screen. He is both prolific and enigmatic, disappearing into a dazzling range of characters.

3. To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

   용법

   • 타동사

명사

1. any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

   상위어

   instructioncommandstatementprogram line

2. a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

   동의어

   toggle switchon-off switch

   상위어

   switchelectric switchelectrical switch

3. a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)

   상위어

   fastenerfasteningholdfastfixing

동사

1. provide with a toggle or toggles

   상위어

   supplyproviderenderfurnishoffer

2. fasten with, or as if with, a toggle

   상위어

   fastenfixsecure

3. release by a toggle switch

   상위어

   let go oflet goreleaserelinquish

   예문

   toggle a bomb from an airplane