three-on-the-tree

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名词 n.
  1. On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3). US,idiomatic
    — In driver's education, they used to teach students to drive in cars with a three-on-the-tree, but now the cars all have automatic transmissions.
  2. On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3).; A vehicle with such a transmission. US,idiomatic,metonymically

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three-on-the-trees plural 3-on-the-tree alternative
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