gear lever

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Motor vehicles

ˈgear ˌlever noun [countable]  TTCa metal rod that you move in order to control the gears of a vehicle 〔车辆的〕换挡杆，变速杆 →4  See picture of 见图 BICYCLE

Examples from the Corpus

gear lever• But the group selector, like the main gear lever, does ask for more than average effort from its user.• The high-low button on the gear lever is a pleasure to work with; so is the forward-reverse selector.• No palm print on the gear lever, for instance.• It'd take all of you to shift the gear lever.• Through the middle-of-the-night streets, seem to have forgotten how to drive, is this the gear lever?• Vasili glanced over his shoulder, his foot already on the brake and his hand dipping towards the gear lever.• He let Lily steer and work the gear lever and promised to teach her how to drive.• The gear lever also chatters in its plastic cup, if it has not been replaced try that.

ˈgear ˌlever nounChineseSyllable  

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gear lever
ˈgear ˌlever noun [countable]
a metal rod that you move in order to control the gears of a vehicle

gear leverBrE /ˈɡɪə liːvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɪr levər/ 🔊 (also ˈgear·stick) (both BrE) (NAmE gearshift, ˈstick shift) noun

a handle used to change the gears of a vehicle 变速杆；换挡杆