词汇 | gear |
释义 | gear Theme: EXCELLENCE mod. excellent.This jazz is really gear!Man, what a gear pizza! Theme: SYMBOL n. an asterisk (*).Why is there a gear after this word?The gear stands for anything you want it to stand for. gear 1. adjective very good, outstanding. Brought to the world by the Beatles, dropped from fashionable use in the mid-1960s; revived in the UK, later C20, and continues in ironic use UK, 1951.► gear for somethingobsessed with, fanatical about something US, 1972 2. noun 1 marijuana; heroin; drugs in general US, 1954. 2 anything, especially anything illicit, intentionally undefined AUSTRALIA, 1975. 3 the equipment and paraphernalia associated with drug use, especially syringes, etc UK, 1996. 4 stolen goods UK, 1956. 5 stuff, things UK, 1415. 6 clothes AUSTRALIA, 1970. 7 (of a woman) the obvious physical attributes. Extended from the purely genital sense US, 1953. 8 a homosexual US, 1972.► get your arse into gear; get your ass into gearto stop idling, to apply yourself to an activity, to start doing something useful US, 1914 gear to/towards be geared to sth/sb • be geared towards sth/sb to be organized or designed in a way that is suitable for a particular purpose, situation, or type of person: At Club 18-30, all of our holidays are geared to maximum fun. There is a specialized sports and fitness program which is geared towards the needs of older people.geared to/towards doing sth Many schools are totally gearing towards passing exams instead of providing a broad education. gear up gear up to prepare for something that is going to happen soon, or for something that may be necessary+ for Unemployment fell by more than 3,000 as the region started to gear up for the tourist season.+ to do sth Yeltsin was struggling to deal with the rebels at the same time as gearing up to run for re-election.gear yourself up Apple has been gearing itself up for the launch of its new computer, the iMac.be geared up (for sth/to do sth) (=be well prepared for sth) After years and years of married life, a lot of people aren't geared up to live independently.■ SIMILAR TO: prepare gear1. mod. excellent. This jazz is really gear! 2. n. an asterisk (*). The gear stands for anything you want it to stand for.
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