| 单词 | freewheel |
| 释义 | freewheel[ free-hweel, -weel ] / ˈfriˈʰwil, -ˈwil / SEE SYNONYMS FOR freewheel ON THESAURUS.COM nouna device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine. a form of rear bicycle wheel that has a device freeing it from the driving mechanism, as when the pedals are stopped in coasting. verb (used without object)(of a vehicle or its operator) to coast with the wheels disengaged from the driving mechanism. to move or function freely, independently, unconcernedly, or the like (often followed by about, through, around, etc.): The two friends freewheeled around the country after graduation. Origin of freewheelFirst recorded in 1895–1900; free + wheel Words nearby freewheelFreeview, free vote, freeware, freeway, free weight, freewheel, freewheeler, freewheeling, freewill, freewill offering, free world Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for freewheelfreewheel / (ˌfriːˈwiːl) / nouna ratchet device in the rear hub of a bicycle wheel that permits the wheel to rotate freely while the pedals are stationary a device in the transmission of some vehicles that automatically disengages the drive shaft when it rotates more rapidly than the engine shaft, so that the drive shaft can turn freely verb(intr) to coast in a vehicle or on a bicycle using the freewheel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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