单词 | stick shift |
释义 | > as lemmasstick shift stick shift n. North American (a) a motor vehicle having a manual, as opposed to automatic, transmission; (b) a lever used to engage or change gear in a motor vehicle; a gear stick.Cf. sense 11l. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > transmission > manual stick shift1952 1952 Pop. Sci. Dec. 188/1 Stick shift, usually signifies a car with a steering-column or floor shift lever, as differentiated from one with an automatic transmission. 1963 Washington Post 16 June b14/1 (advt.) Dual carburetors, 4-speed stickshift, crunchproof syncomesh gearbox, and 55 galloping horsepower. 1967 Sunday Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Feb. 9 d/5 (advt.) To the sports car minded young miss who cannot drive a stick shift, but has always wanted a Corvette Convertible. 1976 ‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) vii. 200 Bucket seats in beige leather, stick shift on the floor. 1993 New Pittsburgh Courier 4 Sept. 1/1 She recalled how her father..took her to the airport, rented a stickshift, gave her instructions and then, ‘wished me luck’. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 172 The car had turned over and..the stick shift had hit me in the eye. < as lemmas |
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