| 释义 |
top gearˌtop ˈgear noun [uncountable] British English   - Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
- Bath could not hit their top gear of late as they too slithered around in the wet.
- It was downhill in top gear now.
- It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
- Quins had started in top gear with Will Carling ripping through the Rugby midfield for the opening try.
- With a 34-0 lead, top gear was no longer required.
► Mechanicalball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun ► move/get into top gear- Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
- It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
- Meanwhile Pistol Packer was getting into top gear on the stands side, and Caro and Arlequino were not done with.
1the highest gear of a car, bus etcin top gear The car will cruise at 80 mph in top gear.2move/get into top gear to begin to work with as much effort as possible: The party’s election campaign is now moving into top gear. |