cogs是什么意思？

cogs

• n. （用假骰子）欺骗，行贿( cog的名词复数 )，（大机构中的）无足轻重的成员；
• v. （用假骰子）欺骗，行贿( cog的第三人称单数 )，（大机构中的）无足轻重的成员；

例句

• The firm tries hard to make its employees feel that they are more than simply cogs in the wheel. 公司尽力使员工感到他们不是微不足道的小职员。
• Today's young people are being forged into cogs in the corporate structure. 今天的年轻人正被锻造成这个庞大团体结构大转轮上一颗颗轮齿.
• These executives, expert in every phase of corporation, became the indispensable cogs in the industrial machine. 这些高层管理人员精通公司的各项业务, 成为整个工业机器中不可缺少的齿轮.
• The cogs gear smoothly. 齿轮啮合得很好.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （嵌）齿轮
  A cog is a wheel with square or triangular teeth around the edge, which is used in a machine to turn another wheel or part.
• PHRASE
  (大型机构或团体中的)一小分子
  If you describe someone as a cog in a machine or wheel, you mean that they are a small part of a large organization or group.
  例句
  Mr Lake was an important cog in the Republican campaign machine. 莱克先生是共和党竞选机器中一枚重要的螺丝钉。