gear
US: /ˈɡɪɹ/
UK: /ɡˈiə/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
gear /giə/- danh từ
- cơ cấu, thiết bị, dụng cụ; đồ gá lắp, phụ tùng
- (kỹ thuật) bánh răng; sự truyền động bánh răng; số (ô tô...)
- to go into first gear: mở số một
- to change gear: sang số (ô tô...)
- in gear: khớp bánh răng; gài số
- out of gear: không khớp bánh răng; không gài số
- (hàng hải) thiết bị tàu thuỷ
- bộ yên cương ngựa
- đồ dùng, đồ đạc
- all one's worldly gear: tất cả những cái mà người ta có; tất cả của cải
- ngoại động từ
- sang số (ô tô...)
- to gear up: lên số
- to gear down: xuống số
- lắp bánh (nhà máy, một ngành công nghiệp...) phục vụ (một nhà máy khác, một ngành khác, kế hoạch...)
- to gear agriculture to socialist construction: hướng công nghiệp phục vụ công cuộc xây dựng xã hội chủ nghĩa
- sang số (ô tô...)
- nội động từ
- ăn khớp vào nhau (bánh răng)
- to gear up production
- đẩy mạnh sản xuất
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
in vehicle
1 [C, usually pl.] machinery in a vehicle that turns engine power (or power on a bicycle) into movement forwards or backwards: Careless use of the clutch may damage the gears. + The car pulled up with a screech of brakes and a grinding of gears.
2 [U, C] a particular position of the gears in a vehicle that gives a particular range of speed and power: first / second, etc. gear + reverse gear + low / high gear + (BrE) bottom / top gear + (BrE) to change gear + (AmE) to shift gear + When parking on a hill, leave the car in gear. + What gear are you in? + He drove wildly, crashing through the gears like a maniac.
equipment / clothes
3 [U] the equipment or clothing needed for a particular activity: climbing / fishing / sports gear
See also -
4 [U] (informal) clothes: wearing the latest gear
possessions
5 [U] (informal) the things that a person owns: I've left all my gear at Dave's house.
machinery
6 [U] (often in compounds) a piece of machinery used for a particular purpose: lifting / towing / winding gear
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speed / effort
7 [U, C] the speed or effort involved in doing sth: (BrE) The party organization is moving into top gear as the election approaches. + (AmE) to move into high gear + Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
drugs
8 [U] (slang) illegal drugs
Idioms: get into gear
get sth into gear to start working, or to start sth working, in an efficient way
(slip / be thrown) out of gear (of emotions or situations) (to become) out of control: She said nothing in case her temper slipped out of gear.
Idioms see ASS
verb
Phrasal Verbs: gear sth to / towards sth [usually passive] to make, change or prepare sth so that it is suitable for a particular purpose: The course had been geared towards the specific needs of its members.
gear up (for / to sth)
gear sb/sth<->up (for / to sth) to prepare yourself/sb/sth to do sth: Cycle organizations are gearing up for National Bike Week.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 cog, cog-wheel; gearbox, mechanism, machinery; works:
This gear operates the automatic doors.
2 equipment, apparatus, appliances, implements, tools, tackle, utensils, supplies, material(s), accessories, accoutrements or US also accouterments, appurtenances, paraphernalia, panoply, outfit, trappings, fixtures, materiel or matériel:
Have you taken all the camping gear?
3 clothing, apparel, attire, clothes, garments, habit, habiliments, vestments, raiment, regalia, uniform, livery, Colloq duds, togs, Brit clobber:
You should keep your gear in your locker.
4 belongings, things, stuff, effects, kit, effects, chattels, goods, impedimenta, (bag and) baggage, accoutrements, Colloq junk, Slang shit:
Get your gear together and get out of here!
v.
5 adjust, adapt, fit, suit, tailor, accommodate:
You will have to gear your schedule according to our plans.
Collocation
1 in a vehicle
ADJ.
bottom, top
driving along in top gear
| high, low | first, second, etc. | reverse
VERB + GEAR
engage, select
Engage first gear and move off.
| change, change into, move into, put/slam/slip sth into, shift (into), switch
It's difficult to steer and change gear at the same time. She put the car into first gear and drove off. (figurative) The party organization is moving into top gear as the election approaches.
| move up, step up
(often figurative) Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
| crash, grind
He was crashing the gears because he was so nervous.
GEAR + NOUN
change
She made a smooth gear change.
| lever, stick
(also
gearstick)
PREP.
in (a/the) ~
driving along in third gear Some drivers leave the car in gear when parking on hills.
| out of ~
Leave the car out of gear.
2 equipment/clothes
ADJ.
camping, climbing, fishing, running, sports, swimming, walking | breathing
firemen in breathing gear
| landing, winding
the plane's landing gear
| combat, riot | outdoor | designer
wearing expensive designer gear
VERB + GEAR
be dressed in, have on, wear
She had her running gear on.
| put on, take off
PREP.
in … ~
a group of young men in combat gear
Concise dictionary
gears|geared|gearinggɪr /gɪənoun
+a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
+wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
+a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
+equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
verb
+set the level or character of
