Gear



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 齿轮; 装备;仪器
• ［英］ n. 装备 ( equipment) 仪器 ( set of apparatus or machinery)
• ［类］ gear : tooth / screw : thread ( 齿轮上有齿 / 螺丝钉上有螺纹)
• ［例］ The landing-gear has jammed.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, g?rvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready — more at yare
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. clothing, garments
  • b. movable property ; goods
• 2. equipment, paraphernalia <fishing gear>
• 3.
  • a. the rigging of a ship or boat
  • b. the harness especially of horses
• 4. dialect chiefly British absurd talk ; nonsense
• 5. dialect chiefly British doings
• 6.
  • a.
    • (1) a mechanism that performs a specific function in a complete machine <steering gear>
    • (2) a toothed wheel
    • (3) working relation, position, order, or adjustment <got her career in gear>
    • (4) a level or pace of functioning <kicked their performance into high gear>
  • b. one of two or more adjustments of a transmission (as of a bicycle or motor vehicle) that determine mechanical advantage, relative speed, and direction of travel
• ? gearless adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1851
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to provide (as machinery) with gearing
    • b. to connect by gearing
  • 2.
    • a. to make ready for effective operation
    • b. to adjust so as to match, blend with, or satisfy something <gearing wages to productivity>
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. British, of machinery to be in gear ; mesh
    • b. shift 1c <gear down>
  • 2. to become adjusted so as to match, blend, or harmonize

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