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the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move 发动机；引擎 
a diesel/petrol engine 柴油／汽油发动机 I got in the car and started the engine. 我上了车，启动了发动机。 My car had to have a new engine. 我的汽车得换一个新发动机。 The engine runs on diesel. 这款发动机使用柴油。 Its engine is powered by both gasoline and electricity. 其引擎用汽油和电力驱动。 The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure. 这架飞机遭遇了灾难性的发动机故障。 Their helicopter had developed engine trouble. 他们的直升机引擎出了故障。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina2, Transport by car or lorrya2He pulled up under some trees and cut the engine. 他把车停在几棵树下，关闭了引擎。 I kept the engine ticking over. 我让发动机一直保持空转。 I pressed the starter and the engine caught first time. 我按下启动按钮，发动机一下就启动了。 She sat at the traffic lights revving the engine. 她停在红绿灯下，使发动机加速。 She waited with the engine running while he bought a paper. 她没让发动机熄火，等他买报纸回来。 The engine broke down just outside the station. 机车刚出站便抛锚了。 The engine coughed and died. 发动机咔咔响了一会儿便熄了火。 The engine runs on unleaded petrol. 这款发动机使用无铅汽油。 The engine was just ticking over. 发动机只是在空转。 The engine's firing on all four cylinders now. 现在发动机的 4 个气缸都在工作。 The new model is fitted with a more powerful engine. 新型号安装了更强大的发动机。 The plane's engine roared as it prepared for take-off. 飞机准备起飞时发动机轰鸣。 The rocket engine is ignited. 火箭发动机点火了。 This model is powered by a 1.8-litre petrol engine. 这一型号用1.8 升汽油发动机驱动。 Does your car have a diesel or a petrol engine? 你的汽车有柴油发动机还是汽油发动机？ You need more oil in the engine. 你需要往发动机里多加点儿油。 a 580-horsepower engine 一台 580 马力的发动机 a large plane with twin engines 带有双引擎的大飞机 It looks as if we've got a spot of engine trouble. 看来我们的发动机出了点麻烦。 a gasoline engine 汽油发动机 the ship's engine room 船的发动机房 The planes have the ability to land safely in the event of an engine failure. 这些飞机有能力在发动机发生故障时安全着陆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- powerful
- small
- …
- crank
- crank up
- fire
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- run
- idle
- tick over
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- capacity
- power
- speed
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- in an/the engine
- be powered by a… engine
- the noise, roar, sound, etc. of the engine
a thing that has an important role in making a particular process happen 火车头；机车 - engine of something
Agriculture is a key engine of growth in most developing countries. 在大多数发展中国家，农业是增长的关键引擎。 - engine for something
Great newspapers serve as an engine for positive change. 伟大的报纸是积极变革的引擎。 - engine for doing something
Business is the principal engine for generating wealth for society as a whole. 商业是为整个社会创造财富的主要引擎。 He was the engine behind the victory. 他是胜利背后的动力。
Extra ExamplesSmall businesses are the engine of economic growth. 小企业是经济增长的引擎。 The region's housing market is a major engine of the economy. 该地区的房地产市场是经济的主要引擎。 The internet really is the growth engine of today's economy. 互联网确实是当今经济的增长引擎。 These industries will be the engine of our future prosperity. 这些行业将是我们未来繁荣的引擎。 Exports have been an engine for growth. 出口一直是增长的引擎。
- engine of something
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a vehicle that pulls a train 火车头；机车 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- powerful
- diesel
- …
- build
- driver
- shed
- -engined
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type or number of engines mentioned 有…型发动机的；有…个引擎的 a twin-engined speedboat 双引擎快艇
see also fire engine, search engine
Word OriginMiddle 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; which led to the sense ‘a machine’ (mid 17th cent.), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal-combustion engine.