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单词 freewheeler
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Definition of freewheeler in English:

freewheeler

nounfriːˈwiːlə
  • 1A bicycle with wheels that are able to revolve freely when no power is being applied to the pedals.

    you can flip the rear wheel around and turn it into a single-speed freewheeler
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While skilled riders might be able to stop a fixed gear bike on dry pavement as quickly as a freewheeler can, not all riders have the experience to do so in an emergency.
    • Have you bought a bike and what's it like? A freewheeler or what?
    • Most of the scenes have Bacon riding a fixed gear bike, but some have him on a freewheeler.
    • Her small old-fashioned English woman's bike was not a freewheeler.
  • 2A person who is not concerned with rules, conventions, or the consequences of their actions.

    he's kind of a freewheeler, and always was
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had been a freewheeler from the age of eighteen, but she had always known that she hankered for security.
    • Johnny began as a slightly offbeat freewheeler, with a habit of tossing silver dollars around as tips.
    • She is a freewheeler and likes to have many males to court her and vie for her attention.
    • The new Nationalist MPs were independent spirits and social freewheelers, and life became one long party.
    • At times he still sounds as fresh as the freewheeler of 1962, or the young rebel who plugged in that electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.
    • But will freewheelers sucn as Messier, Fleury and Nedved play within this system?
    • He was in his element as a freewheeler, alternating between being benevolent and being boss.
    • Lolle was a freewheeler, without a family to temper her freedom.
 
 
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