in gear 的 5 个定义
- Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.an assembly of such parts.one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear.a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- implements, tools, or apparatus, especially as used for a particular occupation or activity; paraphernalia: fishing gear.
- a harness, especially of horses.
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- to provide with or connect by gearing.
- to put in or into gear.
- to provide with gear; supply; equip.
- to prepare, adjust, or adapt to a particular situation, person, etc., in order to bring about satisfactory results: The producers geared their output to seasonal demands.
- to fit exactly, as one part of gearing into another; come into or be in gear.
- Slang. great; wonderful.
- gear down, Automotive.to shift the transmission of a vehicle to a lower gear: The truck driver geared down at the top of the hill.to reduce in scope or intensity: With less income you'll have to gear down your spending habits.
- gear up, to make or get ready for a future event or situation: Insiders say the senator is gearing up to run for governor.to get or put on equipment or clothing for a particular purpose: The hikers geared up for the long trek down the mountain.to arouse or excite, as with enthusiasm or expectation: The employees were geared up for a hard battle with management over working hours.
in gear 近义词
等同于 on duty
等同于 working
更多in gear例句
- The videos are part of the new Outspoken project — a new media platform Log Cabin is gearing up to launch the same week as the Republican National Convention takes place.
- As with any new piece of gear, get familiar with your lights before taking them out on the road.
- Health care professionals who don’t have the protective gear they need.
- Huawei widened its lead as the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications gear and overtook Samsung and Apple to become the world’s No.
- At the start of the pandemic, more than 800 distillers quickly switched gears and jumped into action to make hand sanitizer for their local first responders and communities.
- 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.
- 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.
- These self-dubbed gear heads go toe to toe (or perhaps more accurately, crash to crash), with the men in the sport.
- Photos he would share on Facebook this year show Hauchard in Raqqa, wearing combat gear and wielding a variety of heavy weapons.
- The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
- A piece of iron sticking out from the cross-head carried the plug-rod for working the gear-handles.
- The valves, gear, and nozzles were perhaps improved in detail; but the groundwork was unchanged.
- Two valves turned the steam on and off from under the piston, with the ordinary gear and handles.
- The first shot demolished the top gear of one of the ships, bringing down the men; and the other ships kept a safe distance.