» verb IdSkifJ 'gear sth to/towards
sth [usually
passive] to make, change or prepare sth so that it is suitable for a particular
purpose if • • • at at A* T : The
course had been geared towards the specific
needs of its members. Mm, .gear
up (for/to sth) | .gear sb/sth~'up
(for/to sth) to prepare yourself/sb/sth to do sth ( $» ) A •••#£??£ Hr: Cycle organizations are gearing up for National
Bike week. „
—
see also geared
gearbox
/'giabnks;
NAmE 'girbaiks/ noun the part containing the
gears of a vehicle ^Mil; A$£ff 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 aft; iS 'a T : The programme is geared to preparing students for the
world of work. 0 The resort
is geared towards children.
2 ~ up (for sth) | ~ up (to do sth) prepared and ready
for sth ( A--- ) #£F?tilr, ?£Hr£jF: We have people on board geared up to help
with any problems. 3% || ] B it $q
gearing /'giarir);
NAmE 'girir)/ noun [U] 1 (BrE) {NAmE le-ver-age) (finance M) the relationship
between the amount of money that a company owes and the value of its shares ^A-Nj IalM t£ A; bfc A 2 a particular set or
arrangement of gears in a machine or vehicle
mms
'gear
lever (also
'gear-stick)
(both
BrE) (NAmE ‘gear shift, 'stick
shift) noun a handle used to change
the gears of a vehicle — picture o
page Ri
gear-wheel /'giawiil;
NAmE 'girwiil/ noun a wheel in a set of
gears, that has pointed parts called teeth around the edge
gecko /'gekau;
NAmE 'gekou/ noun (pi. -os or -oes) a small lizard (= a type of reptile) that lives in warm
countries Hj%
GED
/,d3i: i: 'di:/ noun (in the US and Canada)
an official certificate that people who did not finish high school can get,
after taking classes and passing an examination (the abbreviation for ‘general
equivalency diploma’ or ‘general educational development’) # M jtj] Aft^f general equivalency diploma
general educational
development, liIIIffl/J0#AA£5^^
ged-dit? /'gedit/
abbr.
(informal) Do you get it? (= Do you understand the joke?) ( ) f$£3 7®!r
gee /d3i:/ exclamation, verb
■
exclamation (especially NAmE) a word that some people
use to show that they are surprised, impressed or annoyed ( ) Ri, W, iRiff: Gee,
what a great idea! Pj,
• verb (BrE) ,gee sb<->'up | ,gee sb—on to
encourage sb to work harder,
perform better, etc. ffl,h )
,gee
up used
to tell a horse to start
moving or to go faster ( IU
) m, n
'
gee-gee noun (BrE, informal) (used especially by and
to young children AfBTJLioj a horse S,JL geek /gi:k/ noun (informaf) a person who is boring,
wears clothes that are not fashionable, does not know how to behave in social
situations, etc. ft Hi; ± T pm nerd
: a
computer geek ► geeky adj.
geese pi. of goose
gee whiz /,d3i: 'wiz/ exclamation (old-fashioned, especially
NAmE) = gee exclam.
gee-zer/'gi:za(r)/ noun (informal) 1 (BrE) a man MA; M- {K: Some geezer called Danny
did it.
& ^ A ntj /T/B 2 (NAmE) an old man, especially one who is rather
strange A;
Gei-ger
count er /'gaiga kaunta(r); NAmE 'gaigar/ noun a device used for finding and measuring radioactivity
m-imn (mmmmmm)
gei sha /'geija/ (also 'geisha girl) noun a Japanese woman who is
trained to entertain men with conversation, dancing and singing (
P&MTi&if.
ftlBA&A)
gel /d3el/ noun, verb
m noun [U, C] a thick
substance like jelly, especially one used in products for the hair or skin ig£JR, &JR, JRi§ ft ( ) : hair/showergel £
JR; ft'MJR
•
verb (-II-) 1 [V] (BrE)
(also jell NAmE, BrE) (of two or more
people HAiS^
gel as a group. A-AUfto 2 [V] (BrE)
(also jell NAmE, BrE) (of
an idea, a thought, a plan, etc. A M , $t it $J W) to become clearer and
more definite; to work well $!;
ITffl Ufa; ;
: Ideas were beginning to gel
in my mind.
o That day, everything
gelled.
SPA, —tOHPiSJlIUo 3 [V] (also jell especially in NAmE) (technical A ill) (of a liquid ft)
to become thicker and more solid; to form a gel JR|§; JR ft;
JR ft 4 [VN] [usually passive] to put gel on your hair
JRT #
gel
atin /'d3el0tm/ (also gel-atine /’d3el0ti:n/)
noun [U]
a clear substance without any taste that is made from boiling animal bones and
is used to make jelly, film for cameras, etc. JR
gel-at
in-ous /dsa'laetinas/
adj. thick and sticky, like a jelly JRIHj;
JRi£#J: a gelatinous substance JRi^Jt 'gelatin paper noun [U] paper covered with gelatin, used in
photography ( MU ) geld /geld/ verb [VN] (technical A i«) to remove the testicles of a male animal, especially a horse (^j fij ( AfgS, ) ; & ( 3|«r ) A& 033 CASTRATE
gelding /'geldirj/
noun a horse that has been castrated A^iA^j
— compare STALLION
gel-ig-nite /'d3ehgnait/ noun [U] a powerful explosive
Mmm mmm
gem /d3em/ noun 1 (also less frequent gem-stone /'d3emstaun; NAmE -stoun/) a precious
stone that
has been cut and polished and is used in jewellery ( ij] IR] tT M 1$ ) Pm JEWEL, PRECIOUS STONE : a
crown studded with gems 2 a person,
place or thing that is
especially good 2f£t!i oJlKtfj A; M
JRftHWifeA; This picture is the gem
(=
the best) of the collection. ill
A Wft iSi 0 o a gem of a place llo She’s a real gem! jfeJt rT
in! — compare jewel
gemin-ate /'d3emmeit; -not/ adj. (phonetics i|f #) (of a speech
sound If) consisting of the same consonant pronounced twice, for example /kk/
in the middle of the word backcomb ( in backcomb A$J kk )
Gem-ini
/'d3emmai; -ni/ noun 1
[u] the third sign of the zodiac, the Twins M
2 [C] a person bom under
the influence of this sign, that is between 22 May and 21 June Jg^AfilftA ( ^J£b A 5 M 22 BM6 H 21 0 )
Gen.
abbr. (in writing) General ( Gen.
(
•
noun [U] ~ (on sth) (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) information fAI; 1f%;
•
verb (-nn ) IJiutVi ,gen up (on sth) | ,gen sb/yourself
'up (on sth) (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) to find out or give sb
information about sth TP'If <52.; Alil#'lf; ft
( *a ) mm«
gen-darme /‘3Dnda:m; NAmE '3a:nda:rm/ noun (from French) a member of the French
police force ( AS FKJ )
wm,
gen-der /'d3end0(r)/ noun 1 [C, U] the fact of being
male or female iTjjij: issues of class, race and gender Eft ^,
0 gender
differences/relations/roles IT »!!!#; &MM&2[C,\J] (grammar j%m)
(in some languages T ^ if m) 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. ft ( PHtt, Pf '14ffl A14, Aft ftJl4WAft
) : In
French the adjective must agree with the