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noun kɒɡkɑɡ 1A wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge, which transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar. 齿轮；嵌齿轮 the cogs and springs of a watch Example sentencesExamples - The machine wouldn't run so well if all its little cogs weren't turning smoothly.
- Your thumb pushes the lever forward to achieve a lower gear (a bigger cog / smaller chainring).
- You said you checked for it, but it seems likely that the chain is being pinched between the jockey wheel and the cog.
- He eventually lost the battle with the bag and the little cog at the back of the gears snapped.
- It is up to him to sacrifice himself, no longer the hub of Arsenal's wheel, but a cog in the machine.
- Assuming the gear size is the same, is the 53/23 more efficient because the chain is on a larger tooth cog?
- I imagine it must be like a game of Mousetrap in there, all cogs and levers, ball bearings and little plastic men diving into baths.
- Will a 14 tooth first position cog be available for the bike?
- I don't really feel like I'm comfortable with the notion that I'm a valuable cog in the Big Machine though.
- This sort of regulation has induced stereotyped thinking in most officers, who themselves became cogs in the mechanically streamlined military machine.
- The wheels and cogs in Darcy's head began to spin madly.
- The cogs are kept in motion mostly by the energy of the sunlight captured by photosynthetic organisms.
- The man began to morph, turning into a cog with harsh slicing edges, an authority, a crushing piece of machinery.
- A 13-26 cog set should be sufficient (if you need more than a 26-tooth cog, it may be time to start running).
- At this point the cogs in my head started to turn and I almost died trying to keep a straight face.
- We are a little cog in a huge machine and the machine is changing.
- Sometimes being a small cog in a big machine is not so bad.
- The difference engine was envisaged as a mechanical machine, with brass cogs and moving pistons, to be powered by turning a crank or by steam.
- I am not very creative and prefer to be given a starting point, something to set the squeaky little cogs moving.
- The other major difference is that the downshifts come one at a time, so a run from the 23-tooth cog down to the 12 will take eight clicks, and a few seconds.
Synonyms prong, point, tine, ratchet, sprocket - 1.1 Each of the projections on a cog.
applewood was the favourite material for the cogs or teeth of a cogwheel Example sentencesExamples - The machine worked by having a wheel with cogs which was prevented from spinning by a pair of metal leaves which moved up and down.
- It took only a generation or two for assembly line workers to accept being cogs in a wheel, unable to imagine it could be any other way.
- A manager that treats his reports as cogs in a wheel is guaranteed to get the performance of a cog in a wheel.
- Is it really the duty of a minor cog in a big wheel to take a stand and risk the consequences?
- We all saw ourselves as small cogs in a big wheel, with no control over our own lives.
- They assume that each worker is not a unique individual, but rather a cog in the wheel.
- Nobody wants to be a cog in a wheel, and this is even truer for people who work for your new systematized business.
- ‘I quickly realised that I was not cut out to be a cog in a wheel and that I wanted to try to run the show,’ she says.
- I always knew that I was the tiniest cog in the wheel.
- It's OK to be a cog in the wheel and not every college in the world is looking for somebody that's been a leader across the board.
- ‘We're obviously proud every time Germany wins and like to think we're making a small contribution as small cogs in the big wheel,’ he said.
- Are we to be mercilessly reduced to cogs in the wheels of medical care systems over which we have lost all control?
- This calls for a variation of the regular cogged wheel, using one wheel that has the cogs on the inside.
- It would make me anxious if I was just a cog in a PR wheel, but I don't think that's the case at all.
- ‘What we are doing won't change the world but it's a small cog in a big wheel,’ he explained.
- Sure, the stock market remains a critical cog in the wheel of the U.S. financial system.
- Generally, they're paid a very small amount as a very small cog in a big wheel, if you like.
- He is not a man who fits easily as a cog into the corporate wheel - he defies his superiors and returns to the case as a freelancer.
- Then, if you put on the other wheel and rode it awhile, that chain would wear out some cogs on that wheel as well.
- In brief, he misjudged the relationship of both the cog and the wheel.
Phrasesa cog in the (or a) machine (or wheel) A small or insignificant member of a larger organization or system. copywriters have been seen as just a cog in the big advertising machine Example sentencesExamples - His colleagues said he was being treated like "a cog in a machine".
- It like to think that, as a cog in the machine, I did my bit to keep those wheels turning faster and faster.
- They assume that each worker is not a unique individual, but rather a cog in the wheel.
- As he becomes proletarianized, he becomes understandable: a cog in a machine.
- Curiously for a country long considered a cog in the wheel of global capitalism, Schröder's tact might just work.
- Running your own organisation is a big change from just being a cog in the machine.
- At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine.
- Everyone is a cog in the wheel.
- Why be a cog in the machine when you can be a spanner in the works?
- I don't like being a cog in the machine.
Derivativesadjective Engines had a cogged pinion wheel that engaged the rack, helping them climb the slopes. Example sentencesExamples - The number one solution to the problem is to give the odd number of cogged wheels a half-twist, thus reversing the parity of the system and allowing all of the gears to turn.
- I noted a cogged structure, presumably a mounting for the lighter-calibre machine guns that would have been alongside the deck gun.
- Chains provide greater durability without maintenance, compared with cogged rubber belts.
- Any closed-circle arrangements of interlocked cogged wheels must have an even number of wheels, if it is to operate.
OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish kugge and Norwegian kug. Rhymesagog, befog, blog, bog, clog, dog, flog, fog, grog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, prog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog noun kɒɡkɑɡ A broadly built medieval ship with a rounded prow and stern. （船身宽、船首和船尾圆的）中世纪海船 Example sentencesExamples - The cog was a broadly built ship, with a roundish prow and stern, more manœuvrable than the old kind and specifically designed for carrying freight.
- Those idiot pirates who preceded me thought all Torrencia was good for was robbing their pathetic little cogs.
- The poor state of the roads meant a considerable amount of river and coastal traffic, mainly in barges or cogs.
- These had rounded hulls and strakes gathered into the upper end of the latter and not, as in a cog, ending at the stem and stern posts.
- Was the cog loading or unloading off the small Fife port?
OriginMiddle English: related to Middle Dutch kogge, Old French cogue. verb kɒɡkɑɡ [with object]Irish informal Copy (someone else's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement. 〈爱尔兰，非正式〉抄袭，剽窃（他人劳动成果） he's away cogging his homework from Aggie's wee girl 他去抄雅琪矮小的女儿的家庭作业了。 Example sentencesExamples - What I do remember, though, is that someone came up to me a few days later and said that I had cogged the ideas from another columnist.
- Shameless cogging apart, his reliance on rhyming slang (‘He's gone down with a touch of rising damp) does him no favours.’
- I should mention, I suppose, that I cogged the photos off the film site.
- Under strict department rules, students who are found guilty of cogging could lose all their exam grades.
- Still, you have to start somewhere, so if you happen to be stuck for words, who do you cog?
OriginMid 16th century (in senses 'practise tricks in throwing dice' and 'cheat'): of unknown origin. nounkɑɡkäɡ 1A wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge, which transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar. 齿轮；嵌齿轮 Example sentencesExamples - He eventually lost the battle with the bag and the little cog at the back of the gears snapped.
- I don't really feel like I'm comfortable with the notion that I'm a valuable cog in the Big Machine though.
- A 13-26 cog set should be sufficient (if you need more than a 26-tooth cog, it may be time to start running).
- Will a 14 tooth first position cog be available for the bike?
- The man began to morph, turning into a cog with harsh slicing edges, an authority, a crushing piece of machinery.
- Your thumb pushes the lever forward to achieve a lower gear (a bigger cog / smaller chainring).
- Assuming the gear size is the same, is the 53/23 more efficient because the chain is on a larger tooth cog?
- The other major difference is that the downshifts come one at a time, so a run from the 23-tooth cog down to the 12 will take eight clicks, and a few seconds.
- We are a little cog in a huge machine and the machine is changing.
- The cogs are kept in motion mostly by the energy of the sunlight captured by photosynthetic organisms.
- Sometimes being a small cog in a big machine is not so bad.
- The difference engine was envisaged as a mechanical machine, with brass cogs and moving pistons, to be powered by turning a crank or by steam.
- The machine wouldn't run so well if all its little cogs weren't turning smoothly.
- This sort of regulation has induced stereotyped thinking in most officers, who themselves became cogs in the mechanically streamlined military machine.
- I am not very creative and prefer to be given a starting point, something to set the squeaky little cogs moving.
- You said you checked for it, but it seems likely that the chain is being pinched between the jockey wheel and the cog.
- It is up to him to sacrifice himself, no longer the hub of Arsenal's wheel, but a cog in the machine.
- I imagine it must be like a game of Mousetrap in there, all cogs and levers, ball bearings and little plastic men diving into baths.
- At this point the cogs in my head started to turn and I almost died trying to keep a straight face.
- The wheels and cogs in Darcy's head began to spin madly.
Synonyms prong, point, tine, ratchet, sprocket - 1.1 Each of the projections on a cog.
Example sentencesExamples - Sure, the stock market remains a critical cog in the wheel of the U.S. financial system.
- Generally, they're paid a very small amount as a very small cog in a big wheel, if you like.
- I always knew that I was the tiniest cog in the wheel.
- ‘I quickly realised that I was not cut out to be a cog in a wheel and that I wanted to try to run the show,’ she says.
- He is not a man who fits easily as a cog into the corporate wheel - he defies his superiors and returns to the case as a freelancer.
- They assume that each worker is not a unique individual, but rather a cog in the wheel.
- ‘What we are doing won't change the world but it's a small cog in a big wheel,’ he explained.
- Is it really the duty of a minor cog in a big wheel to take a stand and risk the consequences?
- We all saw ourselves as small cogs in a big wheel, with no control over our own lives.
- It's OK to be a cog in the wheel and not every college in the world is looking for somebody that's been a leader across the board.
- It took only a generation or two for assembly line workers to accept being cogs in a wheel, unable to imagine it could be any other way.
- A manager that treats his reports as cogs in a wheel is guaranteed to get the performance of a cog in a wheel.
- ‘We're obviously proud every time Germany wins and like to think we're making a small contribution as small cogs in the big wheel,’ he said.
- Then, if you put on the other wheel and rode it awhile, that chain would wear out some cogs on that wheel as well.
- In brief, he misjudged the relationship of both the cog and the wheel.
- Are we to be mercilessly reduced to cogs in the wheels of medical care systems over which we have lost all control?
- The machine worked by having a wheel with cogs which was prevented from spinning by a pair of metal leaves which moved up and down.
- Nobody wants to be a cog in a wheel, and this is even truer for people who work for your new systematized business.
- This calls for a variation of the regular cogged wheel, using one wheel that has the cogs on the inside.
- It would make me anxious if I was just a cog in a PR wheel, but I don't think that's the case at all.
Phrasesa cog in the (or a) machine (or wheel) A small or insignificant member of a larger organization or system. copywriters have been seen as just a cog in the big advertising machine Example sentencesExamples - Everyone is a cog in the wheel.
- His colleagues said he was being treated like "a cog in a machine".
- At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine.
- It like to think that, as a cog in the machine, I did my bit to keep those wheels turning faster and faster.
- I don't like being a cog in the machine.
- Why be a cog in the machine when you can be a spanner in the works?
- As he becomes proletarianized, he becomes understandable: a cog in a machine.
- Curiously for a country long considered a cog in the wheel of global capitalism, Schröder's tact might just work.
- Running your own organisation is a big change from just being a cog in the machine.
- They assume that each worker is not a unique individual, but rather a cog in the wheel.
OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish kugge and Norwegian kug. nounkɑɡkäɡ A broadly built medieval ship with a rounded prow and stern. （船身宽、船首和船尾圆的）中世纪海船 Example sentencesExamples - These had rounded hulls and strakes gathered into the upper end of the latter and not, as in a cog, ending at the stem and stern posts.
- The cog was a broadly built ship, with a roundish prow and stern, more manœuvrable than the old kind and specifically designed for carrying freight.
- The poor state of the roads meant a considerable amount of river and coastal traffic, mainly in barges or cogs.
- Those idiot pirates who preceded me thought all Torrencia was good for was robbing their pathetic little cogs.
- Was the cog loading or unloading off the small Fife port?
OriginMiddle English: related to Middle Dutch kogge, Old French cogue. verbkɑɡkäɡ [with object]Irish informal Copy (someone else's work) illicitly or without acknowledgment. 〈爱尔兰，非正式〉抄袭，剽窃（他人劳动成果） he's away cogging his homework from Aggie's wee girl 他去抄雅琪矮小的女儿的家庭作业了。 Example sentencesExamples - Still, you have to start somewhere, so if you happen to be stuck for words, who do you cog?
- Shameless cogging apart, his reliance on rhyming slang (‘He's gone down with a touch of rising damp) does him no favours.’
- Under strict department rules, students who are found guilty of cogging could lose all their exam grades.
- I should mention, I suppose, that I cogged the photos off the film site.
- What I do remember, though, is that someone came up to me a few days later and said that I had cogged the ideas from another columnist.
OriginMid 16th century (in senses ‘practice tricks in throwing dice’ and ‘cheat’): of unknown origin. |