stickshift

名词 n.
/ˈstɪkˌʃɪft/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manual transmission controlled by a gear lever. US
    — In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.
  2. A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever. US
    — My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
  3. Cars, collectively, with such a transmission. US,informal,uncountable
    — Do you know how to drive stickshift? [=drive stick]
  4. A gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor. US
    — It is uncomfortable to be a middle passenger in this truck because your legs tend to be in the way of the stickshift.

词形变化

stickshifts plural

词源

From stick + shift.
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