gear
gear 英 [gɪə(r)] 美 [gɪr]
n. 齿轮；装置；传动装置 v. 适合；
进行时:gearing 过去式:geared 过去分词:geared 第三人称单数:gears 名词复数:gears
- The noun gear refers to several things. First, it’s the equipment we need for a sport or event. A gear is also a wheel with teeth that interlocks with another gear to transmit motion in a machine.
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- n. 齿轮；装置；传动装置
- v. 适合；
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1. The first gear engages with the second.
第一齿轮与第二齿轮啮合。
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2. When she put the car in gear it began to buck wildly.
当她把汽车搭上齿轮时，汽车便开始颠簸地行进。
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3. This large gear turns the small one to rotate the cylinder.
这个大齿轮带动小齿轮使滚筒旋转。
- gear (adj.) "stylish, excellent," British slang, 1951 (popularized c. 1963 by the Beatles), said to be from earlier that's the gear, an expression of approval (1925), from gear (n.).
- gear (n.) c. 1200, "fighting equipment, armor and weapons," probably from Old Norse gørvi (plural gørvar) "apparel, gear," related to görr, gørr, gerr "skilled, accomplished; ready, willing," and to gøra, gørva "to make, construct, build; set in order, prepare," a very frequent verb in Old Norse, used in a wide range of situations from writing a book to dressing meat. This is from Proto-Germanic *garwjan "to make, prepare, equip" (source also of Old English gearwe "clothing, equipment, ornament," which may be the source of some uses; Old Saxon garwei; Dutch gaar "done, dressed;" Old High German garo "ready, prepared, complete," garawi "clothing, dress," garawen "to make ready;" German gerben "to tan").
- gear (v.) c. 1200, "to equip oneself for fighting; to dress," probably from gear (n.) or from the verb in Old Norse. Mechanical meaning "put (machinery) in gear" is from 1851. Related: Geared; gearing.
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