n. 绳针, 套索钉

vt. 拴牢

[计] 切换

[化] 曲柄; 曲肘; 肘节

Toggle \Tog"gle\, n. [Cf. {Tug}.] [Written also {toggel}.]
1. (Naut.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a
groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of
a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a
kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged
and disengaged for temporary purposes.

2. (Mach.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.

3. A toggle switch.
[PJC]


Toggle \Tog"gle\, v. t. (Computer programming)
To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a
toggle switch; as, to toggle the view from character to
graphic mode; to toggle the keyboard input from insert to
overtype mode.
[PJC]

{Toggle iron}, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a
mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out
when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned.

{Toggle joint}, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two
bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly
into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise
pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into
this position.