engine
engine
noun
engined
adjective
adjective
语源
noun
- a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion
发动机，引擎
■a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process
工具，手段
exports used to be the engine of growth.
出口曾经是促进经济增长的手段。 - (亦作 railway engine)a locomotive
机车，火车头
■short for fire engine
fire engine 的简写
■(historical)a mechanical device or instrument, especially one used in warfare
(史)（尤指战争中使用的）机械装置
a siege engine.
攻城车。
engined
adjective
- 双引擎直升飞机
[in combination]a twin-engined helicopter.
adjective
语源
- Middle English (formerly also as ingine): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium 'talent, device', from in- 'in' + gignere 'beget'; compare with ingenious. The original sense was 'ingenuity, cunning' (surviving in Scots as ingine), hence 'the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare', also 'tool, weapon', later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; whence a machine (mid 17th cent.), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal-combustion engine
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