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0 a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge, that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine
The car should be in gear (= with its gears in position, allowing the vehicle to move). 車檔應該掛著。
When you start a car you need to be in first (US also low) gear. 汽車啓動時應該使用一檔。
figurative After a slow start, the leadership campaign suddenly shifted into top gear (= started to advance very quickly). 爭奪領導權的競選活動啓動緩慢,但是後來卻突然開足了馬力密鑼緊鼓地進行起來。
1 the equipment, clothes, etc. that you use to do a particular activity
Police in riot gear (= protective clothing) arrived to control the protesters. 身著防暴衣的警察趕來制服抗議者。
2 drugs
The traffickers knew that there would always be someone willing to move the gear. 非法販賣者們知道總有人願意轉移毒品。