单词 | declutch |
释义 | declutchv. intransitive. To disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > operate clutch and gears change1895 to change down1904 declutch1905 shift1910 to ride the clutch (also brake)1916 double-declutch1934 double-clutch1938 upshift1956 1905 Daily Chron. 21 Mar. 7/4 Without once using a brake, changing his gear, declutching or slipping the clutch. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 5/1 The driver of the 'bus declutched at the top of the hill. Derivatives deˈclutching n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > operating clutch or gears change1895 downchange1907 gear-changing1909 change-down1910 gear-change1912 change up1913 shift1915 declutching1925 slipping1925 upshift1951 double-clutching1954 upshifting1956 1925 Morris Owner's Man. 10 The expert driver will have recourse to double declutching. 1937 Autocar Handbk. (ed. 13) vi. 108 Syncromesh..rendered double declutching a refinement but no longer a necessity. double-declutch v. (intransitive) to release and re-engage the clutch twice when changing gear. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > operate clutch and gears change1895 to change down1904 declutch1905 shift1910 to ride the clutch (also brake)1916 double-declutch1934 double-clutch1938 upshift1956 1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 130 To double-declutch, to let the clutch in twice (instead of the more usual once) when changing gear. 1963 Which? Car Suppl. Jan. 30 To make proper downward gear changes you had to double-declutch. 1966 ‘D. Rutherford’ Black Leather Murders i. 7 He double-declutched and rammed the gear-lever into bottom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1905 |
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