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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   freewheel

   • IPA[ˈfrēˈ(h)wēl]

   美式

   • v.
     ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill；allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear
   • n.
     a device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary.；a device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.

   • verb: freewheel, 3rd person present: freewheels, gerund or present participle: freewheeling, past tense: freewheeled, past participle: freewheeled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill he had come freewheeling down the road
   • ▪ allow a motor vehicle to travel without the engine running or in neutral gear she was convinced that she saved a lot of money by turning the engine off and freewheeling down the hill
   • 2. act or proceed in a relaxed or casual way, without making much effort I'm not the sort of person who would freewheel his way to the end of a contract another manager might have been willing to freewheel through one final season

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary.
   • ▪ a device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.