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单词 geared
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gearedadj.

/ɡɪəd/
Etymology: < gear n., gear v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Equipped; armed. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective]
weaponedc1000
armedc1300
well-armedc1300
well-weaponeda1325
armed to the teethc1380
well-steeledc1390
warlikec1420
anarm1426
boden1429
well-harnesseda1450
geared1488
well-geared1488
well-boden1496
warly1508
enarmedc1540
burled1616
undisarmed1649
of (good) force1697
tooled up1959
weaponized1973
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 806 Twa hundreth haill off weill gerit Inglismen.
2. Provided with gear; (perhaps) with handles or other appendages. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out
ygraitheda1225
armedc1300
attired1330
wrienc1330
seena1400
adubbed?1473
appointed1535
instructed1538
accoutredc1540
furnished1553
geared1588
appurtenanced1602
instruct?1614
garnished1705
equipped1838
outfitted1975
1588 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 329 vj geared yockes 4s., iiij yockes, vngeared, 16d., v geard forkes 20d., ij forkes, ungeared, 6d.
3.
a. Machinery. Connected with the motor by gearing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [adjective] > types of cogs or gears > connected by gearing
geared1831
1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants iii. 288 Nine ox mills, on the inclined plane, five geared horse-mills.
1868 Gainsborough News 27 June (N.W. Linc. Gloss.) Six double-geared slide and break lathes.
1881 Eng. Mech. 27 May 1/2 Back Geared Lathe, 4½ in. centres, bed 3 ft. 6 in. long; per set £2 5s.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 396/1 Geared Locomotive, a locomotive in which the motion of the engine is conveyed by gearing to the travelling wheels.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 396/1 Geared Brace, a boring tool in which the drill or bit is rotated by hand crank and bevel gear.
1894 Ld. Albemarle & G. L. Hillier Cycling (rev. ed.) xii. 303 The Geared Ordinary. This, a relatively new type, has not secured that measure of success which its friends hoped for it.
b. Finance. Of a company or its capital (see gearing n. 3b).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company
capitalless1837
merged1839
multinational1854
co-op1872
acquiring1880
syndicated1889
trustified1890
bottom-heavy1895
prospectusless1898
wholly-owned1906
semi-pro1908
not-for-profit1913
blue chip1924
mature1928
geared1930
liquid1930
footloose1939
monoline1958
boutique1968
greenfield1969
me-too1976
semi-professional1976
demerged1980
unbundled1980
multidomestic1982
unorganized1986
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > other attributes of investments or capital
sound1601
unexchanged1618
discountable1771
defensive1857
uncalled1869
callable1874
pooled1888
unwatered1893
labile1894
aggressive1899
non-callable1902
geared1930
escrowed1946
undynamized1969
banded1987
1930 Economist 25 Oct. 768/2 Ordinary stocks..by reason of the ‘high geared’ capital structure of the companies..must always bear the jolts and jars of trade fluctuations.
1940 Economist 6 July 14/1 The relatively high income thus secured was indispensable for paying generous debenture interest and preference dividends on a highly geared paid-up capital.
1965 A. Seldon & F. G. Pennance Everyman's Dict. Econ. 193 Gearing, the proportion of a company's annual income allocated to ‘prior charges’ (interest on debentures and preference dividends), the remainder going to the ordinary shareholders. Where it is high the company is said to be highly geared, and conversely.
4. Harnessed.
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a1847 in H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio (1847) 138 We..fixed geared horses to the carriages, and moved for Fort Jefferson.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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