free-wheeling
英 [f'ri:w'i:lɪŋ]
美 [f'riw'ilɪŋ]
- n. 单向转动
英语词源
- free-wheeling (adj.)
- also freewheeling, 1903, from free wheel (1899, see free (adj.) + wheel (n.)); a bicycle wheel that turns even when not being pedaled, later from the name of a kind of automobile drive system that allowed cars to coast without being slowed by the engine. Figurative sense is from 1911.
权威例句
- 1. I wasn't expecting you to do it for free.
- 我并没有指望你白干。
- 2. You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.
- 你们能获得大笔激励性薪水，还可享受免费膳宿。
- 3. The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free.
- 鲨鱼拼命挣扎，试图逃脱。
- 4. What I did for you was free, gratis, you understand?
- 我为你所做的一切都是免费的，无偿的，你明白吗？
- 5. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
- 他们挣脱后开着一辆偷来的车逃之夭夭。