英语词汇“high gear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

high gear n. a gear in which the ratio between the speed of rotation of the driving mechanism of a vehicle and that of the driven wheels is large, so that an engine, cyclist, etc., has to produce fewer revolutions for the same distance travelled and the overall speed of the vehicle is high; also figurative and in figurative contexts; cf. low gear n. at low adj. and n.² Compounds 3.

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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

1889 Bow Bells 26 July 83/2 The chain wheel..rotates freely upon the axle, except when on high gear, when it rotates with the axle.

1916 Triad 10 Jan. 43 To rush blindly into the high gear would be fatal... A man must keep his head.

1945 Fortune Mar. 84/1 (advt.) Their profits clicked into high gear. And the national economy hitchhiked right along with them.

1975 Audubon Mar. 17/1 The huge factories between Baton Rouge and New Orleans had begun to crank up into high gear and were ready to vomit their wastes into the air.

2011 C. Jordan Travelling Triathlete 76 Apparently I spin too much in a high gear when I cycle which will not develop my power.

单词	high gear
释义	> as lemmas high gear high gear n. a gear in which the ratio between the speed of rotation of the driving mechanism of a vehicle and that of the driven wheels is large, so that an engine, cyclist, etc., has to produce fewer revolutions for the same distance travelled and the overall speed of the vehicle is high; also figurative and in figurative contexts; 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 1889 Bow Bells 26 July 83/2 The chain wheel..rotates freely upon the axle, except when on high gear, when it rotates with the axle. 1916 Triad 10 Jan. 43 To rush blindly into the high gear would be fatal... A man must keep his head. 1945 Fortune Mar. 84/1 (advt.) Their profits clicked into high gear. And the national economy hitchhiked right along with them. 1975 Audubon Mar. 17/1 The huge factories between Baton Rouge and New Orleans had begun to crank up into high gear and were ready to vomit their wastes into the air. 2011 C. Jordan Travelling Triathlete 76 Apparently I spin too much in a high gear when I cycle which will not develop my power. extracted from highadj.n.² < as lemmas
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