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fixed-gear

/fikst-geer/US // ˈfɪkstˈgɪər //

固定齿轮,固定式齿轮,固定齿轮式,定速器

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called fixed-gear bicycle; Informal, fixie . a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.
    • : such a gear system: The bike has a fixed gear.

Examples

  • And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.

  • One Air Force official said that with enough time and more money, the EOTS could be fixed.

  • People on fixed incomes and government pensions are the first to feel the pain.

  • We, on the other hand, on the police side, will naturally gear up to deal with any potential contingency that might occur.

  • The best thing about winter is seeing all the cute kids bundled up in their cold-weather gear.

  • As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.

  • Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.

  • The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.

  • She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

  • The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.