| 单词 | first gear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst gear first gear n. the lowest in a set of gears on a vehicle, used when travelling very slowly; also figurative with reference to slow or initial progress (cf. low gear n. at low adj. and n.2 Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > gear > specific gear bottom gear?1865 high gear1889 low gear1895 fourth1900 second gear1902 first gear1907 second1907 first1909 second speed1912 high1914 low1914 1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 May 1133/2 In changing from the first speed to a higher speed the car should be made to run rather fast for the first gear. 1950 Billboard 24 June 94/3 Detroit's long-discussed International Trade Fair moved into first gear this week with the organization of a preliminary board of directors. 1965 Motoring Which? Oct. 136/2 The effect of changing to low ratio is to make all gears lower, so that, for example, in the Land-Rover you then have three gears lower than the ordinary first gear. 1971 New Scientist 10 June 649/2 The discussion had only just got into first gear at the end of its hour. 1994 D. J. Wishart Unspeakable Sadness Acknowledgem. p. xv I am particularly grateful to Jeanne Kay for getting this project out of first gear. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Nov. (Sports section) 9/3 The manual transmission is a bit easy to stall in first gear, but you can crawl in second. < as lemmas |
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