gear
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion. 排擋
On hills, he must use low gears. 在山上,他必須用低速擋。
The car was in fourth gear. 那輛汽車處于第4擋。
2. N-UNCOUNT The gear involved in a particular activity is the equipment or special clothing that you use. (用于特定活動的) 設(shè)備、服裝
About 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight. 大約需要100名配備防暴裝備的警官來結(jié)束那場斗毆。
...fishing gear. …釣魚用具。
3. N-UNCOUNT Gear means clothing. 衣服[非正式]
I used to wear trendy gear but it just looked ridiculous. 我過去常穿時髦服裝,但那看起來簡直滑稽。
4. V-T PASSIVE If someone or something is geared to or toward a particular purpose, they are organized or designed in order to achieve that purpose. 使適合
Colleges are not always geared to the needs of mature students. 大學(xué)并不總是去適應(yīng)成年學(xué)生的需要。
My training was geared toward winning gold. 我的訓(xùn)練是為贏得金牌去規(guī)劃的。
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gear /ɡ??/ (gearing,geared,gears)
劍橋詞典
- Push the clutch in, put the car into gear, rev the engine and then gently let the clutch out.
- To go backwards , you must put the car into reverse gear.
- The car's gears aren't meshing properly .
- In cars that are automatics , you don't have to bother with shifting gears.
- It's no good - these gears are shot .
- Police in riot gear were called in to quell the unrest .
- Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb .
- We got ourselves togged up in walking gear for the hike .
- A shop selling bondage gear has opened on the high street .
- Police in riot gear lined up at the end of the street .
gear noun (ENGINE PART)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a device , often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points ) around the edge , that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine
擋,排擋;傳動裝置
Does your car have five or six gears? 你的車是4擋的還是5擋的?
I couldn't find reverse gear. 我找不著倒擋了。
The car should be in gear (= with its gears in position , allowing the vehicle to move ). 車擋應(yīng)該掛著。
When you start a car you need to be in first (US also low ) gear. 汽車啟動時應(yīng)該掛第一擋。
figurative After a slow start , the leadership campaign suddenly shifted into top gear (= started to advance very quickly ). 爭奪領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)的競選活動啟動緩慢,但是后來卻突然開足了馬力緊鑼密鼓地進(jìn)行起來。
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gear noun (CLOTHES/EQUIPMENT)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] UKthe equipment , clothes , etc. that you use to do a particular activity
(從事某活動的)裝備,用具,衣服
fishing /camping gear 釣魚/野營用具
Police in riot gear (= protective clothing ) arrived to control the protesters . 身著防暴衣的警察趕來制服抗議者。
也見 headgear
B2 informal
clothes
(同 clothes)
She wears all the latest gear. 她穿的衣服都是最新潮的。
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gear noun (DRUGS)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]UK slang
drugs(同 drugs)
The traffickers knew that there would always be someone willing to move the gear. 非法販賣者們知道總有人愿意轉(zhuǎn)移毒品。
習(xí)語
be in/go into high gearchange/shift/switch gear
step/move up a gear 返回 gear