Definition of overdrive in English:

overdrive

noun ˈəʊvədrʌɪvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv

1A gear in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of direct drive (the usual top gear), so that the engine speed can be reduced at high road speeds to lessen fuel consumption or to allow further acceleration.
超速挡
Example sentencesExamples
- The transmissions will also generally run cooler under a heavy load if you shift down one gear out of overdrive.
- The fifth gear is an overdrive ratio - very economic on longer runs - so the Tino reaches its maximum speed of 110 mph in fourth gear.
- Not a powerful car, even in its day, with only 57 kW on tap, it was designed for the freeways and had an overdrive transmission feature to reduce engine revs by 25 percent.
- Get the gears out of overdrive, and only then will you really thrive.
- When you use overdrive on the highway, the car's engine speed decreases, reducing the amount of fuel used.
- The original three-speed standard transmission has been upgraded to a 700R four-speed automatic transmission with an overdrive lock-up converter.
- It offers smooth shifts and a wide spread of ratios that ideally suit the engine's characteristics - including a tall overdrive fifth gear for quiet, efficient highway cruising.
- A four speed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter comes standard with the petrol engine.
- The manual box is pretty nifty, but heavy to select reverse, and the overdrive sixth and high fifth gears mean it depends on left wrist exercise.
- Sally's problem, however, was with her overdrive transmission.
- Most automatic transmission cars will have an overdrive button right on the gearshift.
- Unlike other six-speeders, this box doesn't provide an overdrive sixth gear that's pretty well useless at anything under 160 km/h.
- Standard for this trim is the 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive.
- Tall overdrive ratios also improve mileage ratings in EPA highway-cycle tests.
- It is available in either a five speed manual or an electronically controlled four speed auto with electric overdrive.
- That engine power is then transferred to the wheels by means of a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive and a lock-up torque converter.
- In my third year, the overdrive was limited, and we had to rev the cars up to 9,500 rpm.
- A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
1. 1.1 A mechanism which permits the exceeding of some normal operating level in a piece of equipment, especially the amplifier of an electric guitar.
  （设备的）超常态操作装置（尤指电吉他的放大器）
  Example sentencesExamples
  And I know, just know, as I stomp on the overdrive that it's going to be one of those perfect guitar solos, maybe the perfect solo.
2mass noun A state of great or excessive activity.
极度忙碌；工作过度
the city's worried public relations group went into overdrive
忧心忡忡的市公关部门开始紧张地忙碌起来。
Example sentencesExamples
- The rumour mill went into overdrive and the identity of her alleged attacker was said to be a well-known secret in London's close-knit television community.
- It was such a simple question, but I had never been asked anything of the sort and it sent me into an overdrive.
- I thought I was doing quite well until late yesterday evening it became clear that my heart was not at all happy with the heat, and I had an uncomfortable half hour while it went into overdrive in protest.
- While the gin bottles diminished at an ever-increasing rate in the living-room, the dishwasher went into overdrive in the kitchen.
- They scored only one point in the remaining minutes while Mayo went into overdrive.
- The media went into overdrive at least a week in advance with daily warnings about the ‘big freeze’ to come.
- My mind sped on overdrive for the next week as summer came looming.
- The machine in her mind switched gears and ground into overdrive.
- Days after the wedding, the mania went into overdrive.
- They went into overdrive, portraying her as a gold-digging divorcee.
- Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay.
- However, during the few weeks when a trip to Kazakhstan remained a possibility, the football branch of our journalistic fraternity went into overdrive.
- As Ireland went into overdrive after the break, it was hard to believe they had been involved in such a scrap earlier on.
- She flawlessly depicts a girl on the edge whose rebellion, in overdrive, is fueling self-destructive behavior.
- Throughout the latter part of the 1990's the markets surged ahead, generating untold wealth for some people as all stocks went into overdrive.
- But the European regulations kicked the effort into overdrive.
- It's gone on for so long now that I really can't remember when it started, although I suppose that if I cast my mind back everything probably went into overdrive at the end of August.
- Many Sunday papers went into overdrive with special editions and extensive coverage charting her long life.
- ‘Timing constraints threw this program into overdrive,’ he says.
- Asylum-seeker hysteria went into overdrive last week in England.

verb ˈəʊvədrʌɪvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv

[with object]

1Drive or work to exhaustion.
过度驱使；使工作过度
an overdriven mother of ten children
有10或11个挨饿孩子的劳累过度的母亲们。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is probably one source of the ‘hypnotic’ effect that people in this thread have mentioned - you're overdriving part of the brain, it seems.
- Bruised and shaken, sweating like an overdriven horse, she imagined how pleasant it would be to lie down in the garbage and go to sleep.
2Give (an electric guitar) a distorted sound.
pounding drums and overdriven electric guitars
Example sentencesExamples
- A big, rumbling beat joins with a wobbly bass line so overdriven it sounds on the verge of collapse.
- The band is obsessed by the music of Rhythm and Blues, with its contagious grooves, boogie piano, sax riffs and overdriven guitar solos.
- Music needs a kick from something other than a badly played overdriven guitar.
- It is the sound of an overdriven guitar squall tamed by an expert musician into stunning walls of noise.
- There was a time in my life when I still believed that a crunchy riff from an overdriven guitar amplifier signified something elemental and fierce.
- The Pogues were so punk they didn't need overdriven guitar, breakneck drumming or discontented lyrics.
- A clip-release position simulates an overdriven electronic distortion that could work for guitars or synths.
- The lack of a significant damping factor is one reason vintage amps sounded so rich on the bottom and so relaxed when overdriven.
- This gently warped lyricism is soon displaced by ‘electric candyland,’ which is filled with distorted rumbling and overdriven guitar noises ranging from howls to sci-fi lab pulses and whines.
- There's a bass hiding in there, peeking out from behind the overdriven rhythm guitars and ponderously formless solos like a shy mammal trying not to be seen.

Definition of overdrive in US English:

overdrive

nounˈōvərˌdrīvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv

1A gear in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of the drive gear or top gear, so that engine speed and fuel consumption are reduced in highway travel.
超速挡
Example sentencesExamples
- It offers smooth shifts and a wide spread of ratios that ideally suit the engine's characteristics - including a tall overdrive fifth gear for quiet, efficient highway cruising.
- The transmissions will also generally run cooler under a heavy load if you shift down one gear out of overdrive.
- A four speed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter comes standard with the petrol engine.
- A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
- Tall overdrive ratios also improve mileage ratings in EPA highway-cycle tests.
- Not a powerful car, even in its day, with only 57 kW on tap, it was designed for the freeways and had an overdrive transmission feature to reduce engine revs by 25 percent.
- The fifth gear is an overdrive ratio - very economic on longer runs - so the Tino reaches its maximum speed of 110 mph in fourth gear.
- That engine power is then transferred to the wheels by means of a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive and a lock-up torque converter.
- When you use overdrive on the highway, the car's engine speed decreases, reducing the amount of fuel used.
- Unlike other six-speeders, this box doesn't provide an overdrive sixth gear that's pretty well useless at anything under 160 km/h.
- It is available in either a five speed manual or an electronically controlled four speed auto with electric overdrive.
- The original three-speed standard transmission has been upgraded to a 700R four-speed automatic transmission with an overdrive lock-up converter.
- Get the gears out of overdrive, and only then will you really thrive.
- The manual box is pretty nifty, but heavy to select reverse, and the overdrive sixth and high fifth gears mean it depends on left wrist exercise.
- Most automatic transmission cars will have an overdrive button right on the gearshift.
- Sally's problem, however, was with her overdrive transmission.
- In my third year, the overdrive was limited, and we had to rev the cars up to 9,500 rpm.
- Standard for this trim is the 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive.
1. 1.1 A state of high or excessive activity.
  极度忙碌；工作过度
  the city's worried public relations arm went into overdrive
  忧心忡忡的市公关部门开始紧张地忙碌起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many Sunday papers went into overdrive with special editions and extensive coverage charting her long life.
  Throughout the latter part of the 1990's the markets surged ahead, generating untold wealth for some people as all stocks went into overdrive.
  ‘Timing constraints threw this program into overdrive,’ he says.
  They went into overdrive, portraying her as a gold-digging divorcee.
  It's gone on for so long now that I really can't remember when it started, although I suppose that if I cast my mind back everything probably went into overdrive at the end of August.
  However, during the few weeks when a trip to Kazakhstan remained a possibility, the football branch of our journalistic fraternity went into overdrive.
  My mind sped on overdrive for the next week as summer came looming.
  As Ireland went into overdrive after the break, it was hard to believe they had been involved in such a scrap earlier on.
  She flawlessly depicts a girl on the edge whose rebellion, in overdrive, is fueling self-destructive behavior.
  While the gin bottles diminished at an ever-increasing rate in the living-room, the dishwasher went into overdrive in the kitchen.
  They scored only one point in the remaining minutes while Mayo went into overdrive.
  Days after the wedding, the mania went into overdrive.
  But the European regulations kicked the effort into overdrive.
  The machine in her mind switched gears and ground into overdrive.
  I thought I was doing quite well until late yesterday evening it became clear that my heart was not at all happy with the heat, and I had an uncomfortable half hour while it went into overdrive in protest.
  Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay.
  Asylum-seeker hysteria went into overdrive last week in England.
  The media went into overdrive at least a week in advance with daily warnings about the ‘big freeze’ to come.
  It was such a simple question, but I had never been asked anything of the sort and it sent me into an overdrive.
  The rumour mill went into overdrive and the identity of her alleged attacker was said to be a well-known secret in London's close-knit television community.
2. 1.2 A mechanism that permits a higher than normal operating level in a piece of equipment, such as the amplifier of an electric guitar.
  （设备的）超常态操作装置（尤指电吉他的放大器）
  Example sentencesExamples
  And I know, just know, as I stomp on the overdrive that it's going to be one of those perfect guitar solos, maybe the perfect solo.

verbˈōvərˌdrīvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv

[with object]usually as adjective overdriven

Drive or work to exhaustion.
过度驱使；使工作过度
the overdriven mothers of ten or eleven hungry children
有10或11个挨饿孩子的劳累过度的母亲们。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is probably one source of the ‘hypnotic’ effect that people in this thread have mentioned - you're overdriving part of the brain, it seems.
- Bruised and shaken, sweating like an overdriven horse, she imagined how pleasant it would be to lie down in the garbage and go to sleep.

单词	overdrive
释义	Definition of overdrive in English: overdrive noun ˈəʊvədrʌɪvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv 1A gear in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of direct drive (the usual top gear), so that the engine speed can be reduced at high road speeds to lessen fuel consumption or to allow further acceleration. 超速挡 Example sentencesExamples The transmissions will also generally run cooler under a heavy load if you shift down one gear out of overdrive. The fifth gear is an overdrive ratio - very economic on longer runs - so the Tino reaches its maximum speed of 110 mph in fourth gear. Not a powerful car, even in its day, with only 57 kW on tap, it was designed for the freeways and had an overdrive transmission feature to reduce engine revs by 25 percent. Get the gears out of overdrive, and only then will you really thrive. When you use overdrive on the highway, the car's engine speed decreases, reducing the amount of fuel used. The original three-speed standard transmission has been upgraded to a 700R four-speed automatic transmission with an overdrive lock-up converter. It offers smooth shifts and a wide spread of ratios that ideally suit the engine's characteristics - including a tall overdrive fifth gear for quiet, efficient highway cruising. A four speed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter comes standard with the petrol engine. The manual box is pretty nifty, but heavy to select reverse, and the overdrive sixth and high fifth gears mean it depends on left wrist exercise. Sally's problem, however, was with her overdrive transmission. Most automatic transmission cars will have an overdrive button right on the gearshift. Unlike other six-speeders, this box doesn't provide an overdrive sixth gear that's pretty well useless at anything under 160 km/h. Standard for this trim is the 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive. Tall overdrive ratios also improve mileage ratings in EPA highway-cycle tests. It is available in either a five speed manual or an electronically controlled four speed auto with electric overdrive. That engine power is then transferred to the wheels by means of a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive and a lock-up torque converter. In my third year, the overdrive was limited, and we had to rev the cars up to 9,500 rpm. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. 1.1 A mechanism which permits the exceeding of some normal operating level in a piece of equipment, especially the amplifier of an electric guitar. （设备的）超常态操作装置（尤指电吉他的放大器） Example sentencesExamples And I know, just know, as I stomp on the overdrive that it's going to be one of those perfect guitar solos, maybe the perfect solo. 2mass noun A state of great or excessive activity. 极度忙碌；工作过度 the city's worried public relations group went into overdrive 忧心忡忡的市公关部门开始紧张地忙碌起来。 Example sentencesExamples The rumour mill went into overdrive and the identity of her alleged attacker was said to be a well-known secret in London's close-knit television community. It was such a simple question, but I had never been asked anything of the sort and it sent me into an overdrive. I thought I was doing quite well until late yesterday evening it became clear that my heart was not at all happy with the heat, and I had an uncomfortable half hour while it went into overdrive in protest. While the gin bottles diminished at an ever-increasing rate in the living-room, the dishwasher went into overdrive in the kitchen. They scored only one point in the remaining minutes while Mayo went into overdrive. The media went into overdrive at least a week in advance with daily warnings about the ‘big freeze’ to come. My mind sped on overdrive for the next week as summer came looming. The machine in her mind switched gears and ground into overdrive. Days after the wedding, the mania went into overdrive. They went into overdrive, portraying her as a gold-digging divorcee. Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay. However, during the few weeks when a trip to Kazakhstan remained a possibility, the football branch of our journalistic fraternity went into overdrive. As Ireland went into overdrive after the break, it was hard to believe they had been involved in such a scrap earlier on. She flawlessly depicts a girl on the edge whose rebellion, in overdrive, is fueling self-destructive behavior. Throughout the latter part of the 1990's the markets surged ahead, generating untold wealth for some people as all stocks went into overdrive. But the European regulations kicked the effort into overdrive. It's gone on for so long now that I really can't remember when it started, although I suppose that if I cast my mind back everything probably went into overdrive at the end of August. Many Sunday papers went into overdrive with special editions and extensive coverage charting her long life. ‘Timing constraints threw this program into overdrive,’ he says. Asylum-seeker hysteria went into overdrive last week in England. verb ˈəʊvədrʌɪvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv [with object] 1Drive or work to exhaustion. 过度驱使；使工作过度 an overdriven mother of ten children 有10或11个挨饿孩子的劳累过度的母亲们。 Example sentencesExamples This is probably one source of the ‘hypnotic’ effect that people in this thread have mentioned - you're overdriving part of the brain, it seems. Bruised and shaken, sweating like an overdriven horse, she imagined how pleasant it would be to lie down in the garbage and go to sleep. 2Give (an electric guitar) a distorted sound. pounding drums and overdriven electric guitars Example sentencesExamples A big, rumbling beat joins with a wobbly bass line so overdriven it sounds on the verge of collapse. The band is obsessed by the music of Rhythm and Blues, with its contagious grooves, boogie piano, sax riffs and overdriven guitar solos. Music needs a kick from something other than a badly played overdriven guitar. It is the sound of an overdriven guitar squall tamed by an expert musician into stunning walls of noise. There was a time in my life when I still believed that a crunchy riff from an overdriven guitar amplifier signified something elemental and fierce. The Pogues were so punk they didn't need overdriven guitar, breakneck drumming or discontented lyrics. A clip-release position simulates an overdriven electronic distortion that could work for guitars or synths. The lack of a significant damping factor is one reason vintage amps sounded so rich on the bottom and so relaxed when overdriven. This gently warped lyricism is soon displaced by ‘electric candyland,’ which is filled with distorted rumbling and overdriven guitar noises ranging from howls to sci-fi lab pulses and whines. There's a bass hiding in there, peeking out from behind the overdriven rhythm guitars and ponderously formless solos like a shy mammal trying not to be seen. Definition of overdrive in US English: overdrive nounˈōvərˌdrīvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv 1A gear in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of the drive gear or top gear, so that engine speed and fuel consumption are reduced in highway travel. 超速挡 Example sentencesExamples It offers smooth shifts and a wide spread of ratios that ideally suit the engine's characteristics - including a tall overdrive fifth gear for quiet, efficient highway cruising. The transmissions will also generally run cooler under a heavy load if you shift down one gear out of overdrive. A four speed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter comes standard with the petrol engine. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. Tall overdrive ratios also improve mileage ratings in EPA highway-cycle tests. Not a powerful car, even in its day, with only 57 kW on tap, it was designed for the freeways and had an overdrive transmission feature to reduce engine revs by 25 percent. The fifth gear is an overdrive ratio - very economic on longer runs - so the Tino reaches its maximum speed of 110 mph in fourth gear. That engine power is then transferred to the wheels by means of a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive and a lock-up torque converter. When you use overdrive on the highway, the car's engine speed decreases, reducing the amount of fuel used. Unlike other six-speeders, this box doesn't provide an overdrive sixth gear that's pretty well useless at anything under 160 km/h. It is available in either a five speed manual or an electronically controlled four speed auto with electric overdrive. The original three-speed standard transmission has been upgraded to a 700R four-speed automatic transmission with an overdrive lock-up converter. Get the gears out of overdrive, and only then will you really thrive. The manual box is pretty nifty, but heavy to select reverse, and the overdrive sixth and high fifth gears mean it depends on left wrist exercise. Most automatic transmission cars will have an overdrive button right on the gearshift. Sally's problem, however, was with her overdrive transmission. In my third year, the overdrive was limited, and we had to rev the cars up to 9,500 rpm. Standard for this trim is the 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive. 1.1 A state of high or excessive activity. 极度忙碌；工作过度 the city's worried public relations arm went into overdrive 忧心忡忡的市公关部门开始紧张地忙碌起来。 Example sentencesExamples Many Sunday papers went into overdrive with special editions and extensive coverage charting her long life. Throughout the latter part of the 1990's the markets surged ahead, generating untold wealth for some people as all stocks went into overdrive. ‘Timing constraints threw this program into overdrive,’ he says. They went into overdrive, portraying her as a gold-digging divorcee. It's gone on for so long now that I really can't remember when it started, although I suppose that if I cast my mind back everything probably went into overdrive at the end of August. However, during the few weeks when a trip to Kazakhstan remained a possibility, the football branch of our journalistic fraternity went into overdrive. My mind sped on overdrive for the next week as summer came looming. As Ireland went into overdrive after the break, it was hard to believe they had been involved in such a scrap earlier on. She flawlessly depicts a girl on the edge whose rebellion, in overdrive, is fueling self-destructive behavior. While the gin bottles diminished at an ever-increasing rate in the living-room, the dishwasher went into overdrive in the kitchen. They scored only one point in the remaining minutes while Mayo went into overdrive. Days after the wedding, the mania went into overdrive. But the European regulations kicked the effort into overdrive. The machine in her mind switched gears and ground into overdrive. I thought I was doing quite well until late yesterday evening it became clear that my heart was not at all happy with the heat, and I had an uncomfortable half hour while it went into overdrive in protest. Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay. Asylum-seeker hysteria went into overdrive last week in England. The media went into overdrive at least a week in advance with daily warnings about the ‘big freeze’ to come. It was such a simple question, but I had never been asked anything of the sort and it sent me into an overdrive. The rumour mill went into overdrive and the identity of her alleged attacker was said to be a well-known secret in London's close-knit television community. 1.2 A mechanism that permits a higher than normal operating level in a piece of equipment, such as the amplifier of an electric guitar. （设备的）超常态操作装置（尤指电吉他的放大器） Example sentencesExamples And I know, just know, as I stomp on the overdrive that it's going to be one of those perfect guitar solos, maybe the perfect solo. verbˈōvərˌdrīvˈoʊvərˌdraɪv [with object]usually as adjective overdriven Drive or work to exhaustion. 过度驱使；使工作过度 the overdriven mothers of ten or eleven hungry children 有10或11个挨饿孩子的劳累过度的母亲们。 Example sentencesExamples This is probably one source of the ‘hypnotic’ effect that people in this thread have mentioned - you're overdriving part of the brain, it seems. Bruised and shaken, sweating like an overdriven horse, she imagined how pleasant it would be to lie down in the garbage and go to sleep.
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