의미: cylinders

cyl·in·der〔Gk 「구르다」의 뜻에서〕 n.

1 원통(圓筒), 원주(圓柱); 【수학】 원기둥

2 【기계】 실린더, 기통(汽筒), (펌프의) 통

3 (윤전기의) 회전통, 윤전기

4 봄베(Bombe), 온수[급탕] 탱크

5 (회전식 권총의) 탄창

6 【고고학】 원통형의 석인(石印)[토기(土器)]; 【컴퓨터】 실린더 《자기(磁氣) 디스크 장치의 기억 장소의 단위》
function[click, hit, operate] on all[four, six] cylinders <엔진이> 전력을 내고 있다; 쾌조이다
miss on all[four] cylinders 부조(不調)하다
━ vt. 실린더를 달다; 실린더의 작용을 받게 하다
cylinder·lìke a.
▷ cylíndrical a.

work on all cylinders 관용구

firing on all cylinders

Idiom(s): firing on all cylinders AND hitting on all cylinders

Theme: SPEED

working at full strength; making every possible effort. (From an internal combustion engine.)
• The team is firing on all cylinders under the new coach.
• The factory is hitting on all cylinders to finish the orders on time.

hitting on all cylinders

Fire on all cylinders

If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could.

hit on all cylinders|cylinders|hit|hit on

v. phr. 1. To run smoothly or at full power without any missing or skipping.

Said of a motor. The mechanic tuned the car engine until it was hitting on all cylinders. 2. informal To think or work well; to use all your ability. The football team was hitting on all cylinders and scored a big victory. Bob began to write his examination, and found himself hitting on all cylinders.

all cylinders

all cylinders
see fire on all cylinders.

hit on all cylinders

hit on all cylinders
see fire on all cylinders.

work on all cylinders

1. To accept all cylinders in an agent functioning. There's article amiss with my car—it's absolutely not alive on all cylinders.2. By extension, to action or accomplish at the best adorable or greatest accessible akin of efficiency, speed, or productivity. (Usually acclimated in the connected tense.) The new website will be alive on all cylinders already we get the comments area up and running! I alone assignment on all cylinders afterwards I've had my coffee.Learn more: all, cylinder, on, work

firing/working on all ˈcylinders

(informal) application all your activity to do something; alive as able-bodied as possible: The 24-year-old amateur feels that he is not yet battlefront on all cylinders.Learn more: all, cylinder, firing, on, working

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hit it big hit on all cylinders hit or miss