gear /giә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• (n.) a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
• (n.) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Chinese translation

• n. 齿轮, 工具
• vt. 以齿轮连起, 开动, 使适应, 安排
• vi. 连接上, 适合

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/giә/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.46 · Rare

Word forms

geared, gearing, gears

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