| 单词 | gearing-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgearing-up a. The action of fitting a machine with gear; the manner in which a machine is geared; concrete apparatus for the transmission of motion or power, e.g. a train of toothed wheels = gear n. 7. Often preceded by some qualifying word, as bevel-gearing, spur-gearing, etc. ; also with adverbs, as in gearing-down, gearing-up. out of gearing: out of gear. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear cog-wheel1416 main wheel1678 spur-wheel1731 rack wheel1772 spur gear1808 gear1829 gearing1833 spur gearing1844 pitch wheel1854 tooth-wheel1862 gear-wheel1874 maintaining wheel1874 cog1883 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 350 These wires pass through the gearing, between the bars of a reed, as in linen~weaving. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 210 The speed requisite for the propeller is obtained by means of accelerating gearing. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xviii. §740 It is so stable and true in its work that nothing can throw it out of gearing. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 49 By an entire rearrangement of the gearing of the machine, he shortly succeeded in greatly lessening the wear and tear of the ropes. 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 612 Gearing—A series of wheels working into each other whereby motion is transmitted. 1882 Knowledge 10 Mar. 397/2 When the gearing down is carried to a great extent, the pedals make two revolutions for one revolution of the driving-wheels. A machine so geared can be ridden up a steep hill easier than a bicycle. < as lemmas |
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