B2 [ C or U ] 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挡,排挡;传动装置
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Push the clutch in, put the car into gear, rev the engine and then gently let the clutch out.
To go backwards, you must put the car into reverse gear.
The car's gears aren't meshing properly.
In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.
It's no good - these gears are shot.
B2 [ U ] UK the equipment, clothes, etc. that you use to do a particular activity(从事某活动的)装备,用具,衣服
B2 informal clothes(同 clothes)
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Police in riot gear were called in to quell the unrest.
Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.
We got ourselves togged up in walking gear for the hike.
A shop selling bondage gear has opened on the high street.
Police in riot gear lined up at the end of the street.
[ U ] UK slang drugs(同 drugs)
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usually
often
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