m verb 'gear sth to/towards sth [usually passive] to
make, change or prepare sth so that it is
suitable for a particular purpose後与…相适应；使适合于：The course had been geared
towards the specific needs of its members.课程已作调整，以满足学员的特别需要。，gear up (for/to sth) |
.gear
sb/sth^-'up (for/to sth) to prepare yourself/si)/sth to do sth (使）为…作好准备： Cycle organizations are gearing up for National Bike Weefc.自行车组织IE在为全国自‘行车周活动作准备。
—see
also geared
gearbox
/'giabDks;
NAmE 'girbaiks/ noun the part containing the
gears of a vehicle 变速il;齿轮箱 geared /giad; NAmE gird/ adj. [not before noun] 1 ~ to/ towards sth | ~ to do sth designed or organized to
achieve a particular purpose, or to be suitable for a particular group of
people 旨在；适合于：The programme is geared to preparing students for the world 〇/work.本计划旨在为学生弁始就业作准备。◊ TTie resort is geared towards
chiWren.这个旅游胜地适合儿童玩耍。
2 ~ up (for sth) | ~
up (to do
sth) prepared
and ready for sth •为…）在好准备，准备好：We have geopZe on board geared up to help
with any problems.
上的^做好准备帮助解决任何问题。
gearing /'gianq;
NAmE 'girig/ noun [U] 1 (8r£) {NAmE le-ver*age) (finance M) the relationship
between the amount of money that a company owes and the value of its shares资本与负债比率；联动比率2 a particular set or
arrangement of gears in a machine or vehicle 齿轮装置；传动装置
gear
lever (also 'gear-stick) (both 8r£) (NAmE 'gear shift, 'stick
shift) noun a handle used to change the gears of a
vehicle 变速杆；换挡杆一picture o page Ri gearwheel /'giawiil; NAmE 'girwiil/ noun a wheel in a set of gears, that has
pointed parts called teeth around the edge 齿轮
gecko /'gekau;
NAmE 'gekou/
noun {pi. -os or -oes) a small lizard
(= a type of reptile) that lives
in warm countries 壁虎
GED
/,d3i: i: 'di:/ noun (in the US and Canada)
an official certificate that people who did not finish high school can get,
after taking classes and passing an examination (the abbreviation for ‘general
equivalency diploma’ or ‘general educational development’)普通漓 中同等学历证书（全写为general equivalency
diploma或 general educational
development，美国和加拿大为遂学习
并通$测试的未完成高中学业者颁发的官方征明） ged-dit?
/'gedit/
abbr.
{informaf) Do
you get it? (= Do you understand the joke?丨（指無话）明白了吗
gee /d3i:/ exclamation, verb
■
exclamation (especially
• verb (8r£) ,gee sb^'up | ,gee sb-^'on to
encourage sb to work harder,
perform better, etc.激 励，鼓励（某人更努力、更好地工作等），gee 'up used to tell a horse to
start moving or to go faster (用以吃
喝马起行或快走）嗝，驾
gee-gee
noun [BrE,
informaf) (used especially by and
to young children尤角于儿语)a horse马儿 geek /girk/ noun (informal) a person who is boring,
wears clothes that are not fashionable, does not know how to behave in social
situations, etc.闷蛋；土包子 HTnnerd： a computer geefc •电脑迷► geeky geese pi. of
goose
gee whiz /,d3i: 'wiz/ exclamation (old-fashioned,
especially
gee.zer/’ghz^r)/ nown 1 a man 男人；家
伙：■ Some geezer caHed Darniy )id it.这齊是个卩丹尼侖
家伙干的。2 (/V/4/n£) an old man, especially one who is rather
strange怪老式；老家伙 Gei-ger count-er /'gaiga kaunta(r); NAmE 'gaigar/ now/7 a device
used for finding and measuring radioactivity ^革计数器（用以探测和测量放射）
gei-sha /'geija/ (also 'geisha girl) noun a Japanese woman who is
trained to entertain men with conversation, dancing and singing 艺伎 （陪男 子说话
、表演歌舞 的日本女子>
| 845 gender
gel /d3el/ noun, verb
s noun [U, C] a thick substance
like jelly, especially one used in products for the hair or skin—胶，冻胶，胶滞
体（尤指用于头发或护肤的产品）：/mfr/showergd发 胶；沐浴凝胶
■
verb (-II-) 1 [V] {BrB) (also jell NAmE, Br£) (of two or more
people 二人 i二人叙上)to
work well together; to form a successful group 联手共事；结为一体：We just didn’t gd os a group•我们就是不能成为一个集体。2 [V] (8r£) (also jell NAmE, Br^) (of an idea, a thought,
a plan, etc. 主意、想法.、计如等）to become clearer and more
definite; to work well变得更清楚；显得更明确；有效；
起作用：Jdeas were begiVmfng to
gel in my mind 各种想 法在我头脑里逐渐明朗起来。◊ That day, eve/ythfng
geHed.那天，一切軛很顺利。3 [V] (also jeH especially in /VAmf) 术谓）（of a liquid 液体）to become
thicker and more solid; to form
a gel 故凝；胶化；形成 胶体 4 [VN]
[usually passive] to put gel on your hair 上发 胶于<
gel-atin
/'d3el0tm/ (also gel-atine /*d3el0ti:n/) noun [U] a clear substance
without any taste that is made from boiling animal bones and is used to make
jelly，film for cameras, etc•明胶
gel-at-in-ous /dsa'laetinas/ adj. thick and sticky, like
a jelly明胶的；胶状的：a gelatinous
substance胶秩物质 'gelatin paper noun [U] paper covered with
gelatin, used in photography (照相）明胶相纸 geld /geld/ vwfc [VN] 术号）to remove the
testicles of a male animal,
especially a horse 阉割 (雄动物，尤指马）；给（动物）去势003 CASTRATE gelding /'geldirj/ noun a horse that has been castrated
阉割南马；去势的马 一 compare stallion
gel-ig-nite
/'d3ebgnait/ noun [U] a powerful explosive
葛里炸药；硝铰炸药；炸胶
gem
/d3em/ noun 1 (also less frequent gem-stone /'d3emst0un; NAmE -stoun/) a precious
stone that
has been cut and polished and is used in jewellery (兹切 割打磨的）鱼亏 HiiTl
JEWEL,
PRECIOUS STONE ： a crown studded with gem5 镶有呈石的皇冠 2
a person， place or thing that is
especially good 难能可贵的人；风 景优美的地方；美妙绝伦的事物：TTiis picture is the gem (=the best) 〇/the coHecrion.这幅画是收藏中的极品。◊ a gem 〇/a place 胜地◊ She’s a reaZ gem/‘ 她真是难能可 贵！ 一 compare jewel
gemin.ate
/_d3emmeit; -nat/ 〇办（pho/7e"cs 语音）:(of a speech
sound 语音）consisting of the same
consonant pronounced twice, for example /kk/ in the middle of the word 叠音的（如 backcomb
中的 kk
)
Gem-ini
/'d3emmai; -ni/ noun 1 [u] the third sign of
the zodiac，the Twins黄道第三宫;双子宫；双子（星）座
2 [C] a person bom under the influence of
this sign, that is between 22 May and 21 June 属双子座的人（g出生 于5月22日至6月21日）
Gen.
a仙/(in writing) General (书写形式）将军：Gen.
(StanteyjArmstrong
(斯坦利•）阿姆斯_朗袷军
gen /d3en/ noun, verb
• noun [U] ~ (on sth) (old-fashioned, BrE,
informaf)
informa- tion消息；情拫；资料
■
verb (-nn-) ld!!l：m
,gen 'up (on
sth) | ,gen sb/yourself 'up (on sth) (old-fashioned, BrE,
informal) to
find out or give sb information about sth 了_情况；知道详情；向
(某人)提供情报
gen-darme /'3Dnda:m; NAmE 'za:nda:rm/ noun (from a member of the
French police force (法国的）
警察，宪兵
gen-der
/'d3enda(r)/ noun 1 [C, U] the fact of being
male or female 性别：issues 〇/doss, race and gender 阶级、 种族和性别问—◊ gender
dfj〇ferences/rekitions/ro〖es
性 别差异；性别关系；性别角色^jc，u] (gramma/•语法） (in some languages 用于某些语言）each of the
classes (masculine, feminine and sometimes neuter)
into
which nouns, pronouns and adjectives are divided; the division of nouns,
pronouns and adjectives into these different genders. Different genders may
have different endings, etc.性（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同
的词尾_ ) : In
French
the adjective must agree with the