🇬🇧 Gearbox meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A gearbox is a strong metal box in a car, truck, or other machine that holds many gears (round, toothy wheels). When you press the pedals or change the gear stick, the gears inside the gearbox move and connect in different ways. This helps the vehicle start moving, go faster, slow down, or drive up hills without the engine getting too tired. The gearbox is like the ‘muscle helper’ that lets the engine’s power be used in the best way.

I changed gears so badly that the gearbox made a noise that translated to, "Please, I have a family."

The gearbox said, "You want to go up this hill in the wrong gear? Absolutely not," and the car almost stopped to argue.

Dad said, "Listen to the gearbox," so I did, and all I heard was, "Stop driving like a maniac, human."

Our old car’s gearbox made so many clunks it sounded like a rock band practicing under the hood.

Grandpa shifted the gearbox so smoothly, I’m pretty sure he has a secret friendship with the gears.

On a wet road, a father stopped; the car would not move. He opened the bonnet and pointed to oil on the gearbox. The gearbox hissed and stuck when he changed gears, so he tapped the gearbox, shifted the gearbox, then the gears inside the gearbox began to spin, the car rolled forward, and the family cheered.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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