crowbar

n. 铁挺, 起货钩, 撬棍, 铁撬
【计】 短路器
【化】 撬杆; 撬棍; 撬杠

动词过去式:crowbarred 过去分词:crowbarred 现在分词:crowbarring 第三人称单数:crowbars 

crow.bar

n.（名词）
A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.
撬棍：一种铁制或钢制的直棒，有楔形的工作端头，通常略微弯曲并成叉状，用作撬杆或杠杆
v.tr.（及物动词）
crow.barred,crow.bar.ring,crow.bars
To extract, remove, or insert forcibly:
用力抽出，用力移动，用力插入：
例句：
.[The newsmagazines] can crowbar stories in as late as Sunday and still be out on Monday. (Edwin Diamond)
.[新闻周刊] 能够在星期天这么晚的时间里把故事编进去而照样能在星期一付诸发行. (埃德温·戴蒙德)


来源：
[From the resemblance of its forked end to a crow`s foot or beak]
[因其叉状端头与乌鸦的脚或喙相似而得名]