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gear n.传动装置；齿轮；排挡；工具；装备v.调整；使适应于；以齿轮连起 (1) 离合器使用不慎可能损坏传动装置。(2) 那汽车有四个前进挡和一个倒挡。(3) 起重电磁铁是起重工具的一种。(4) 数以百计的警察身披防暴装备，奋力镇压暴乱。(5) 我们需要在离开前把我们野营用的装备准备好。(6) 教育应适应儿童的需要和能力。(7) 我们必须使我们的生活适应新的变化。(8) 这些轮子的齿互相啮合。 The background of gear as "equipment" dates back to around 1200 and comes from the Old Norse gervi, "apparel." The word gear in machinery became common in the early 19th century, although there is evidence that the word came to mean "toothed wheel" as early as 1520. Gear entered English slang around 1951, meaning something stylish. This use was popularized in the 1960s, under the influence of British pop music.

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英 [ɡɪə(r)] 美 [ɡɪr] (1) Careless use of the clutch may damage the gears.(2) The car has four forward gear and one reverse gear.(3) Lifting electromagnet is a kind of lifting gear.(4) Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence.(5) We need to sort out our camping gear before we go away.(6) Education should be geared to the children's needs and abilities.(7) We had to gear our lives to the new changes .(8) The teeth of the wheels gear into each other . 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]齿轮；传动装置；变速器 The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion. On hills, he must use low gears...在山上，他必须挂低速挡。The car was in fourth gear...车挂的是四挡。He put the truck in gear and drove on.他把卡车挂上挡，继续往前开。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（某一特定活动的）设备，服装 The gear involved in a particular activity is the equipment or special clothing that you use. About 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight.大约需要100名穿防暴服的警察前来制止这场斗殴。...fishing gear...钓具They helped us put our gear back into the van.他们帮我们把装备放回到小货车里。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]服装 Gear means clothing.   [INFORMAL 非正式]I used to wear trendy gear but it just looked ridiculous.我以前常穿新潮的衣服，但看上去却滑稽可笑。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]毒品；（尤指）海洛因 Some people refer to illegal drugs, especially heroin, as gear .   [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Are these people using gear and amphetamines at the same time?这些人同时服用海洛因和安非他明吗？5[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]使为…而准备；使为了达到…而作好准备 If someone or something is geared to or towards a particular purpose, they are organized or designed in order to achieve that purpose.   [be V-ed to n]  [be V-ed towards -ing]Colleges are not always geared to the needs of mature students...大学有时满足不了成人学生的需求。My training was geared towards winning gold in Munich.我为了在慕尼黑夺取金牌而进行训练。相关词组：gear up

英语单词	gear
英美音标	英 [ɡɪə(r)] 美 [ɡɪr]
中文释义	n.传动装置；齿轮；排挡；工具；装备 v.调整；使适应于；以齿轮连起
英语例句	(1) Careless use of the clutch may damage the gears. (2) The car has four forward gear and one reverse gear. (3) Lifting electromagnet is a kind of lifting gear. (4) Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence. (5) We need to sort out our camping gear before we go away. (6) Education should be geared to the children's needs and abilities. (7) We had to gear our lives to the new changes . (8) The teeth of the wheels gear into each other .
中文例句	(1) 离合器使用不慎可能损坏传动装置。 (2) 那汽车有四个前进挡和一个倒挡。 (3) 起重电磁铁是起重工具的一种。 (4) 数以百计的警察身披防暴装备，奋力镇压暴乱。 (5) 我们需要在离开前把我们野营用的装备准备好。 (6) 教育应适应儿童的需要和能力。 (7) 我们必须使我们的生活适应新的变化。 (8) 这些轮子的齿互相啮合。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	The background of gear as "equipment" dates back to around 1200 and comes from the Old Norse gervi, "apparel." The word gear in machinery became common in the early 19th century, although there is evidence that the word came to mean "toothed wheel" as early as 1520. Gear entered English slang around 1951, meaning something stylish. This use was popularized in the 1960s, under the influence of British pop music.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]齿轮；传动装置；变速器 The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion. On hills, he must use low gears... 在山上，他必须挂低速挡。 The car was in fourth gear... 车挂的是四挡。 He put the truck in gear and drove on. 他把卡车挂上挡，继续往前开。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（某一特定活动的）设备，服装 The gear involved in a particular activity is the equipment or special clothing that you use. About 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight. 大约需要100名穿防暴服的警察前来制止这场斗殴。 ...fishing gear... 钓具 They helped us put our gear back into the van. 他们帮我们把装备放回到小货车里。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]服装 Gear means clothing. [INFORMAL 非正式] I used to wear trendy gear but it just looked ridiculous. 我以前常穿新潮的衣服，但看上去却滑稽可笑。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]毒品；（尤指）海洛因 Some people refer to illegal drugs, especially heroin, as gear . [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] Are these people using gear and amphetamines at the same time? 这些人同时服用海洛因和安非他明吗？ 5 [V-PASSIVE 被动动词]使为…而准备；使为了达到…而作好准备 If someone or something is geared to or towards a particular purpose, they are organized or designed in order to achieve that purpose. [be V-ed to n] [be V-ed towards -ing] Colleges are not always geared to the needs of mature students... 大学有时满足不了成人学生的需求。 My training was geared towards winning gold in Munich. 我为了在慕尼黑夺取金牌而进行训练。相关词组： gear up

Gear N Uncount 不可数名词 Car Lifting Riot Geared Teeth