Definition of freewheel in English:

freewheel

verbfriːˈwiːlˈfri(h)wil

[no object]

1Ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill.
（尤指下坡时骑自行车）靠惯性滑行
the postman came freewheeling down the track
邮递员骑着自行车顺着这条路靠惯性滑了下来。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd freewheeled down the hill, trees flashing past, the late summer sunlight flickering above my head.
- One day in an attempt to test myself I reversed the direction I rode around the house, which involved freewheeling through a minor dip in the section.
- It was sheer physical pleasure, freewheeling or skimming along with minimum effort through meadows, orchards, vineyards, woods and tiny towns with squares and window boxes.
- We rode through a stream, enjoyed a few final bursts of speed and skidding switchbacks and freewheeled into the shanty town of Yolosa.
- The island measures three miles by two miles and it is possible to hire a bicycle to freewheel through the glorious vegetation and marvel at the strange granite rock formations.
- My fastest-ever speed was 75 mph, freewheeling down a hill in the Pyrenees.
- I didn't have to pedal at all, I just freewheeled and freewheeled, all the time picking up more and more speed.
- So I pretty much freewheeled around the circuit until another group caught us from behind, which included the other 3 kiwis.
- An aubergine haze hung over the valley as we freewheeled towards the fortified hill town of Monteriggioni.
- Then we freewheeled down a long steep descent, right down to the bottom of the valley and across the bridge at Ghulmet.
- Paul seems to think we're going to freewheel down it.
- I do so twice before I reach the summit, but I still feel triumphant as I freewheel down to the hostel on the other side.
- It was like peddling your guts out to get up a hill, only to freewheel down the other side.
- Then we freewheeled down countless switchbacks to Sangdu, nestled in the corner of a wide earthy valley dotted with ponies, pigs and yaks.
- We swept through the town of Grindelwald and freewheeled along the bank of the Lutschine river.
- Teenagers freewheel on cycles, their feet in the air.
- It freewheeled down the hill and collided with the car in which Mrs Reilly and her daughter were travelling.
- I was freewheeling down towards Bannow Bay in glorious sunshine, the roads deserted, the warm, pine-scented breeze in my hair and the sound of chirruping insects in the hedgerows
- As I freewheeled and carefully negotiated the ruts, I enjoyed views of Wetwang, partially hidden in trees, and surrounded by all that cultivated land Sir Tatton was describing.
- As the bike freewheeled to a standstill he frantically tried to decide what to do.
Synonyms
coast, cruise, drift, glide, sail, skim, float
1. 1.1 Allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear.
  she was convinced that she saved a lot of petrol money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill
  Example sentencesExamples
  Emma helped avert disaster when she prevented the 33-seater bus freewheeling down Shap Road.
  In an automatic you virtually freewheel to a halt so the brakes have to stop the car all by themselves.
  The Yamaha also has an engine brake, but it had a tendency to freewheel down hills a bit.
  The driver alleged that the vehicle suffered brake failure, but police suspected that he lost control while free-wheeling down the steep incline.
  The equipment, which enables trains to freewheel, was fitted onto 51 185 locomotives run by the company.
2Act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort.
I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract
another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season
Example sentencesExamples
- He used to freewheel with Goldie Hawn and it was all too easy.
- If I'm a radio talk show host, whatever I do, I can freewheel, because then I'm only answering for myself.
- There are suggestions his players wanted more licence to freewheel - in short throw the ball about, be expressive.
- The film allows the director ample space for his visual imagination to freewheel with dazzling spontaneity and inventiveness.
- But they sagged and allowed the Kings to freewheel their way to the other two goals that put the game out of reach.
- Waterford freewheeled during the remainder of the game, with Power giving some of his subs a run out.
- The band freewheel to the end of the track with a spot of easy-on-down chilling.
- With the Dons heading for a bottom-six finish, Anderson insists there's no way they can freewheel to the summer.
- From there to the end Milltown could afford to freewheel a little bit, with points from O'Shea and Dowling merely for statistical purposes.
- The spark had gone and, with the flow of the game interrupted by substitutions, the home side freewheeled through a disappointing second period.

nounfriːˈwiːlˈfri(h)wil

1A bicycle wheel which is able to revolve freely when no power is being applied to the pedals.
（自行车的）飞轮
Example sentencesExamples
- Most cycle mechanics do not overhaul freewheels, it is usually much easier just to replace them.
- It had wooden rims and no free wheel, but I thought it was a wonderful possession.
- What are the pros and cons of such freewheels and how available are they?
- Both the Combi and Classic have the clutch wheel mounted in front and the free wheel in the rear.
- Track bikes have no breaks, only one gear and there is no free wheel, which means there is no coasting.
1. 1.1 A device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.
  （汽车的）自由轮，空转轮
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've been doing my own work for 20 years, but I can't figure out how to get any lube into the freewheel, much less how to actually open it up.
  There are also current models of freewheels that do not have an adequate design for removal.
  You will have to build another rim onto that hub so that you can twist the hub hard enough to unscrew the freewheel.
  He showed us how surprisingly easy it is to open the freewheel and service the bearings or pawls, although I doubt the sealed mechanism requires much maintenance.
  If it is too tight and you can get the freewheel off, you can loosen it much more easily by just using the cone wrenches.

Rhymes

allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal

Definition of freewheel in US English:

freewheel

verbˈfri(h)wilˈfrē(h)wēl

[no object]

1Ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill.
（尤指下坡时骑自行车）靠惯性滑行
he had come freewheeling down the road
邮递员骑着自行车顺着这条路靠惯性滑了下来。
Example sentencesExamples
- I didn't have to pedal at all, I just freewheeled and freewheeled, all the time picking up more and more speed.
- As the bike freewheeled to a standstill he frantically tried to decide what to do.
- I was freewheeling down towards Bannow Bay in glorious sunshine, the roads deserted, the warm, pine-scented breeze in my hair and the sound of chirruping insects in the hedgerows
- Teenagers freewheel on cycles, their feet in the air.
- It freewheeled down the hill and collided with the car in which Mrs Reilly and her daughter were travelling.
- I do so twice before I reach the summit, but I still feel triumphant as I freewheel down to the hostel on the other side.
- One day in an attempt to test myself I reversed the direction I rode around the house, which involved freewheeling through a minor dip in the section.
- Paul seems to think we're going to freewheel down it.
- I'd freewheeled down the hill, trees flashing past, the late summer sunlight flickering above my head.
- It was sheer physical pleasure, freewheeling or skimming along with minimum effort through meadows, orchards, vineyards, woods and tiny towns with squares and window boxes.
- My fastest-ever speed was 75 mph, freewheeling down a hill in the Pyrenees.
- We swept through the town of Grindelwald and freewheeled along the bank of the Lutschine river.
- Then we freewheeled down a long steep descent, right down to the bottom of the valley and across the bridge at Ghulmet.
- Then we freewheeled down countless switchbacks to Sangdu, nestled in the corner of a wide earthy valley dotted with ponies, pigs and yaks.
- An aubergine haze hung over the valley as we freewheeled towards the fortified hill town of Monteriggioni.
- So I pretty much freewheeled around the circuit until another group caught us from behind, which included the other 3 kiwis.
- The island measures three miles by two miles and it is possible to hire a bicycle to freewheel through the glorious vegetation and marvel at the strange granite rock formations.
- As I freewheeled and carefully negotiated the ruts, I enjoyed views of Wetwang, partially hidden in trees, and surrounded by all that cultivated land Sir Tatton was describing.
- It was like peddling your guts out to get up a hill, only to freewheel down the other side.
- We rode through a stream, enjoyed a few final bursts of speed and skidding switchbacks and freewheeled into the shanty town of Yolosa.
Synonyms
coast, cruise, drift, glide, sail, skim, float
1. 1.1 Allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear.
  she was convinced that she saved a lot of money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Yamaha also has an engine brake, but it had a tendency to freewheel down hills a bit.
  The equipment, which enables trains to freewheel, was fitted onto 51 185 locomotives run by the company.
  The driver alleged that the vehicle suffered brake failure, but police suspected that he lost control while free-wheeling down the steep incline.
  Emma helped avert disaster when she prevented the 33-seater bus freewheeling down Shap Road.
  In an automatic you virtually freewheel to a halt so the brakes have to stop the car all by themselves.
2Act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort.
I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract
another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season
Example sentencesExamples
- The film allows the director ample space for his visual imagination to freewheel with dazzling spontaneity and inventiveness.
- Waterford freewheeled during the remainder of the game, with Power giving some of his subs a run out.
- The spark had gone and, with the flow of the game interrupted by substitutions, the home side freewheeled through a disappointing second period.
- From there to the end Milltown could afford to freewheel a little bit, with points from O'Shea and Dowling merely for statistical purposes.
- If I'm a radio talk show host, whatever I do, I can freewheel, because then I'm only answering for myself.
- But they sagged and allowed the Kings to freewheel their way to the other two goals that put the game out of reach.
- The band freewheel to the end of the track with a spot of easy-on-down chilling.
- There are suggestions his players wanted more licence to freewheel - in short throw the ball about, be expressive.
- He used to freewheel with Goldie Hawn and it was all too easy.
- With the Dons heading for a bottom-six finish, Anderson insists there's no way they can freewheel to the summer.

nounˈfri(h)wilˈfrē(h)wēl

1A device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary.
Example sentencesExamples
- What are the pros and cons of such freewheels and how available are they?
- Track bikes have no breaks, only one gear and there is no free wheel, which means there is no coasting.
- Most cycle mechanics do not overhaul freewheels, it is usually much easier just to replace them.
- Both the Combi and Classic have the clutch wheel mounted in front and the free wheel in the rear.
- It had wooden rims and no free wheel, but I thought it was a wonderful possession.
1. 1.1 A device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.
  （汽车的）自由轮，空转轮
  Example sentencesExamples
  You will have to build another rim onto that hub so that you can twist the hub hard enough to unscrew the freewheel.
  I've been doing my own work for 20 years, but I can't figure out how to get any lube into the freewheel, much less how to actually open it up.
  There are also current models of freewheels that do not have an adequate design for removal.
  He showed us how surprisingly easy it is to open the freewheel and service the bearings or pawls, although I doubt the sealed mechanism requires much maintenance.
  If it is too tight and you can get the freewheel off, you can loosen it much more easily by just using the cone wrenches.

词汇	freewheel
释义	Definition of freewheel in English: freewheel verbfriːˈwiːlˈfri(h)wil [no object] 1Ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill. （尤指下坡时骑自行车）靠惯性滑行 the postman came freewheeling down the track 邮递员骑着自行车顺着这条路靠惯性滑了下来。 Example sentencesExamples I'd freewheeled down the hill, trees flashing past, the late summer sunlight flickering above my head. One day in an attempt to test myself I reversed the direction I rode around the house, which involved freewheeling through a minor dip in the section. It was sheer physical pleasure, freewheeling or skimming along with minimum effort through meadows, orchards, vineyards, woods and tiny towns with squares and window boxes. We rode through a stream, enjoyed a few final bursts of speed and skidding switchbacks and freewheeled into the shanty town of Yolosa. The island measures three miles by two miles and it is possible to hire a bicycle to freewheel through the glorious vegetation and marvel at the strange granite rock formations. My fastest-ever speed was 75 mph, freewheeling down a hill in the Pyrenees. I didn't have to pedal at all, I just freewheeled and freewheeled, all the time picking up more and more speed. So I pretty much freewheeled around the circuit until another group caught us from behind, which included the other 3 kiwis. An aubergine haze hung over the valley as we freewheeled towards the fortified hill town of Monteriggioni. Then we freewheeled down a long steep descent, right down to the bottom of the valley and across the bridge at Ghulmet. Paul seems to think we're going to freewheel down it. I do so twice before I reach the summit, but I still feel triumphant as I freewheel down to the hostel on the other side. It was like peddling your guts out to get up a hill, only to freewheel down the other side. Then we freewheeled down countless switchbacks to Sangdu, nestled in the corner of a wide earthy valley dotted with ponies, pigs and yaks. We swept through the town of Grindelwald and freewheeled along the bank of the Lutschine river. Teenagers freewheel on cycles, their feet in the air. It freewheeled down the hill and collided with the car in which Mrs Reilly and her daughter were travelling. I was freewheeling down towards Bannow Bay in glorious sunshine, the roads deserted, the warm, pine-scented breeze in my hair and the sound of chirruping insects in the hedgerows As I freewheeled and carefully negotiated the ruts, I enjoyed views of Wetwang, partially hidden in trees, and surrounded by all that cultivated land Sir Tatton was describing. As the bike freewheeled to a standstill he frantically tried to decide what to do. Synonyms coast, cruise, drift, glide, sail, skim, float 1.1 Allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear. she was convinced that she saved a lot of petrol money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill Example sentencesExamples Emma helped avert disaster when she prevented the 33-seater bus freewheeling down Shap Road. In an automatic you virtually freewheel to a halt so the brakes have to stop the car all by themselves. The Yamaha also has an engine brake, but it had a tendency to freewheel down hills a bit. The driver alleged that the vehicle suffered brake failure, but police suspected that he lost control while free-wheeling down the steep incline. The equipment, which enables trains to freewheel, was fitted onto 51 185 locomotives run by the company. 2Act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort. I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season Example sentencesExamples He used to freewheel with Goldie Hawn and it was all too easy. If I'm a radio talk show host, whatever I do, I can freewheel, because then I'm only answering for myself. There are suggestions his players wanted more licence to freewheel - in short throw the ball about, be expressive. The film allows the director ample space for his visual imagination to freewheel with dazzling spontaneity and inventiveness. But they sagged and allowed the Kings to freewheel their way to the other two goals that put the game out of reach. Waterford freewheeled during the remainder of the game, with Power giving some of his subs a run out. The band freewheel to the end of the track with a spot of easy-on-down chilling. With the Dons heading for a bottom-six finish, Anderson insists there's no way they can freewheel to the summer. From there to the end Milltown could afford to freewheel a little bit, with points from O'Shea and Dowling merely for statistical purposes. The spark had gone and, with the flow of the game interrupted by substitutions, the home side freewheeled through a disappointing second period. nounfriːˈwiːlˈfri(h)wil 1A bicycle wheel which is able to revolve freely when no power is being applied to the pedals. （自行车的）飞轮 Example sentencesExamples Most cycle mechanics do not overhaul freewheels, it is usually much easier just to replace them. It had wooden rims and no free wheel, but I thought it was a wonderful possession. What are the pros and cons of such freewheels and how available are they? Both the Combi and Classic have the clutch wheel mounted in front and the free wheel in the rear. Track bikes have no breaks, only one gear and there is no free wheel, which means there is no coasting. 1.1 A device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine. （汽车的）自由轮，空转轮 Example sentencesExamples I've been doing my own work for 20 years, but I can't figure out how to get any lube into the freewheel, much less how to actually open it up. There are also current models of freewheels that do not have an adequate design for removal. You will have to build another rim onto that hub so that you can twist the hub hard enough to unscrew the freewheel. He showed us how surprisingly easy it is to open the freewheel and service the bearings or pawls, although I doubt the sealed mechanism requires much maintenance. If it is too tight and you can get the freewheel off, you can loosen it much more easily by just using the cone wrenches. Rhymes allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal Definition of freewheel in US English: freewheel verbˈfri(h)wilˈfrē(h)wēl [no object] 1Ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill. （尤指下坡时骑自行车）靠惯性滑行 he had come freewheeling down the road 邮递员骑着自行车顺着这条路靠惯性滑了下来。 Example sentencesExamples I didn't have to pedal at all, I just freewheeled and freewheeled, all the time picking up more and more speed. As the bike freewheeled to a standstill he frantically tried to decide what to do. I was freewheeling down towards Bannow Bay in glorious sunshine, the roads deserted, the warm, pine-scented breeze in my hair and the sound of chirruping insects in the hedgerows Teenagers freewheel on cycles, their feet in the air. It freewheeled down the hill and collided with the car in which Mrs Reilly and her daughter were travelling. I do so twice before I reach the summit, but I still feel triumphant as I freewheel down to the hostel on the other side. One day in an attempt to test myself I reversed the direction I rode around the house, which involved freewheeling through a minor dip in the section. Paul seems to think we're going to freewheel down it. I'd freewheeled down the hill, trees flashing past, the late summer sunlight flickering above my head. It was sheer physical pleasure, freewheeling or skimming along with minimum effort through meadows, orchards, vineyards, woods and tiny towns with squares and window boxes. My fastest-ever speed was 75 mph, freewheeling down a hill in the Pyrenees. We swept through the town of Grindelwald and freewheeled along the bank of the Lutschine river. Then we freewheeled down a long steep descent, right down to the bottom of the valley and across the bridge at Ghulmet. Then we freewheeled down countless switchbacks to Sangdu, nestled in the corner of a wide earthy valley dotted with ponies, pigs and yaks. An aubergine haze hung over the valley as we freewheeled towards the fortified hill town of Monteriggioni. So I pretty much freewheeled around the circuit until another group caught us from behind, which included the other 3 kiwis. The island measures three miles by two miles and it is possible to hire a bicycle to freewheel through the glorious vegetation and marvel at the strange granite rock formations. As I freewheeled and carefully negotiated the ruts, I enjoyed views of Wetwang, partially hidden in trees, and surrounded by all that cultivated land Sir Tatton was describing. It was like peddling your guts out to get up a hill, only to freewheel down the other side. We rode through a stream, enjoyed a few final bursts of speed and skidding switchbacks and freewheeled into the shanty town of Yolosa. Synonyms coast, cruise, drift, glide, sail, skim, float 1.1 Allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear. she was convinced that she saved a lot of money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill Example sentencesExamples The Yamaha also has an engine brake, but it had a tendency to freewheel down hills a bit. The equipment, which enables trains to freewheel, was fitted onto 51 185 locomotives run by the company. The driver alleged that the vehicle suffered brake failure, but police suspected that he lost control while free-wheeling down the steep incline. Emma helped avert disaster when she prevented the 33-seater bus freewheeling down Shap Road. In an automatic you virtually freewheel to a halt so the brakes have to stop the car all by themselves. 2Act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort. I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season Example sentencesExamples The film allows the director ample space for his visual imagination to freewheel with dazzling spontaneity and inventiveness. Waterford freewheeled during the remainder of the game, with Power giving some of his subs a run out. The spark had gone and, with the flow of the game interrupted by substitutions, the home side freewheeled through a disappointing second period. From there to the end Milltown could afford to freewheel a little bit, with points from O'Shea and Dowling merely for statistical purposes. If I'm a radio talk show host, whatever I do, I can freewheel, because then I'm only answering for myself. But they sagged and allowed the Kings to freewheel their way to the other two goals that put the game out of reach. The band freewheel to the end of the track with a spot of easy-on-down chilling. There are suggestions his players wanted more licence to freewheel - in short throw the ball about, be expressive. He used to freewheel with Goldie Hawn and it was all too easy. With the Dons heading for a bottom-six finish, Anderson insists there's no way they can freewheel to the summer. nounˈfri(h)wilˈfrē(h)wēl 1A device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary. Example sentencesExamples What are the pros and cons of such freewheels and how available are they? Track bikes have no breaks, only one gear and there is no free wheel, which means there is no coasting. Most cycle mechanics do not overhaul freewheels, it is usually much easier just to replace them. Both the Combi and Classic have the clutch wheel mounted in front and the free wheel in the rear. It had wooden rims and no free wheel, but I thought it was a wonderful possession. 1.1 A device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine. （汽车的）自由轮，空转轮 Example sentencesExamples You will have to build another rim onto that hub so that you can twist the hub hard enough to unscrew the freewheel. I've been doing my own work for 20 years, but I can't figure out how to get any lube into the freewheel, much less how to actually open it up. There are also current models of freewheels that do not have an adequate design for removal. He showed us how surprisingly easy it is to open the freewheel and service the bearings or pawls, although I doubt the sealed mechanism requires much maintenance. If it is too tight and you can get the freewheel off, you can loosen it much more easily by just using the cone wrenches.
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