mexican overdrive

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Английский Язык - Английский Язык
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.

mexican overdrive

    Расстановка переносов

    Mex·i·can o·ver·drive

    Турецкое произношение

    meksıkın ōvırdrayv

    Синонимы

    freewheel

    Произношение

    /ˈmeksəkən ˈōvərˌdrīv/ /ˈmɛksəkən ˈoʊvɜrˌdraɪv/

    Этимология

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