mexican overdrive

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف mexican overdrive في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

The neutral gear when used while a vehicle is moving, especially when it is used to save fuel or to coast down hill faster than a vehicle can go in gear. (This is illegal in some places.)

He shifted his car out of gear, at the top of the hill, and coasted down in Mexican overdrive.

الواصلة

Mex·i·can o·ver·drive

التركية النطق

meksıkın ōvırdrayv

المترادفات

freewheel

النطق

/ˈmeksəkən ˈōvərˌdrīv/ /ˈmɛksəkən ˈoʊvɜrˌdraɪv/

علم أصول الكلمات

() Based on NASCAR teams' experience in the early 1950s in the legendary Carerra Panamerica where the long hills would have otherwise overrevved the engines