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freewheel
- IPA[ˌfriːˈwiːl]
英式
- ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill;allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear
- a bicycle wheel which is able to revolve freely when no power is being applied to the pedals.;a device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.
verb: freewheel, 3rd person present: freewheels, gerund or present participle: freewheeling, past tense: freewheeled, past participle: freewheeled
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill the postman came freewheeling down the track
- ▪ allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear she was convinced that she saved a lot of petrol money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill
- 2. act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season
名詞
- 1. a bicycle wheel which is able to revolve freely when no power is being applied to the pedals.
- ▪ a device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈfrēˈ(h)wēl]
美式
- ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill: he had come freewheeling down the road
- a device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary.
Oxford American Dictionary