摇柄 [
yáo bǐng]
operating crank
rocking handle
- 在那时候,你要打电话就必须转动电话机旁的摇柄。
In those days, to make a call, you had to wind a handle at the side of your telephone. - 他开始转动一个摇柄,那个圆柱体和它上面那层锡箔便旋转起来。
Edison carefully fixed a sheet of tin foil around the cylinder. - 那时,你要打电话就得转动电话机旁的摇柄,才会产生足够的电供你打电话。
In those days, to make a call, you had to wind a handle at the side of your telephone. This produced enough electricity to make your call.