单词 | straight stick |
释义 | > as lemmasstraight stick l. Chiefly North American. A lever used to engage or change gear in a motor vehicle; a gear stick. Hence: manual, as opposed to automatic, transmission; a motor vehicle having a manual transmission. In early use also more fully straight stick. Cf. earlier gear stick n. at gear n. Additions. Cf. stick shift n. at Compounds 2, to drive stick at Phrases 22. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > lever or mechanism for changing gear gear-lever1904 shifter1910 gear-change1912 shift1914 gear stick1920 shift-lever1920 gear-shift1926 stick1952 shift-stick1968 1952 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 17 May 10/2 1949 Oldsmobile Convertible, Straight stick, Clean. 1956 Blue Island (Illinois) Sun-Standard 7 June 20/5 '55 Ford Convertible V8. Stick. 1958 Life 26 May 124/2 His car had to be a two-door and have a radio and a straight stick (manual gear shift). 1958 Pop. Sci. Aug. 80/1 Some drivers work through the full run of forward speeds, with the ‘stick’ set in low range, and then work back up from third in high range. 1967 Boys' Life Apr. 15/2 Stick or automatic? The old-timer will tell you that the former is cheaper to drive, to repair, or to replace. 1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 42 She..moved the stick back to first. 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) xvi. 288 Rayona had graduated to learning a stick, and I talked Dayton into..leaving us the pickup to practice with. 2005 J. Gunnell Amer. Cars of 1960s ii. 79/1 AMC was careful to offer it with stick or automatic. 2007 Fyne Times May 42/2 Slip that stick down one slot into S for sport or across into manual paddle shift mode and all hell breaks loose. < as lemmas |
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