overdrive

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Noun

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name.
2. (figuratively, uncountable) A state of heightened activity.
3. (countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
4. (countable, uncountable) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.

Conceptes

multiplicador de velocitat

sobremarxa

Oposat a

low gear

Sinònims

overuse

fag out

jade

override

wear out

overexcitation

over drive

exhaust

overspeed drive

Traduccions

afjakkeren

afbeulen

afmatten

ultrapassagem

overdrive

übersteuern

πέμπτη

υπερπολλαπλασιασμένη ταχύτητα

OverDrive

surutiliser

surrégime

abusare

affaticare

spossare

survirer

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: overdriven

Heretat de anglès antic: oferdrīfan

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: uurdrieuwe

Cognat amb neerlandès: overdrijven

Cognat amb alemany: übertreiben

Cognat amb noruec: overdrive

In summary

From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- + drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”).