单词 | out of gear |
释义 | out of gear (once / 18468 pages) adj WORD FAMILY out of gear USAGE EXAMPLESHenry kept his eye on the revolution-counter; when the needle touched the twelve hundred mark, he threw the helicopter screws out of gear. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World(1932) Bailes tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the vehicle has been impounded and will be inspected by a mechanic to determine why it came out of gear. Washington Times(Nov 06, 2014) The Myrtle Creek Police Department has said the three-year-old boy managed to climb into the vehicle with the keys and knock it out of gear. Time(Jul 28, 2014) adj not having gears engaged threw the machine's pinion out of gear Syn ungeared having gears not engaged or disconnected |
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