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a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work 发动机;马达 An electric motor is used to pump the water. 电动机被用来抽水。 Batteries power the motor. 电池为马达提供动力。 He started the motor. 他启动了发动机。 Diesel engines drive six electric motors. 柴油发动机驱动六个电动机。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringb2A powerful motor drives the mill wheel. 水车轮由一个大功率发动机驱动。 One of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor. 其中一只轮子安装了电动机。 An electric current drives motors located under the floor. 电流驱动位于地板下的电机。 She left the motor running. 她让马达一直运转着。 Electricity powers hydraulic motors that compress these bales. 电力驱动液压马达压缩这些捆包。 small motors for toys and clocks 玩具和钟表的小马达 a circular saw with a fan-cooled motor 带有风扇冷却马达的圆锯 The car has a faulty starter motor. 这辆车的起动马达有故障。 When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine. 当你转动点火钥匙时,起动马达带动发动机转动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
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- start
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a source of power, energy or movement 汽车 Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth. 消费者支出一直是经济增长的动力。 Women are the motors of change in politics and the economy. 女性是政治和经济变革的发动机。
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a car 汽车 He uses the motor for local shopping trips. 他在当地购物时使用汽车。 I'm so rich now I can buy a shiny new motor! 我现在很有钱,可以买一台闪亮的新马达了!
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1It was his birthday so he drove the motor around Pudong all night. 那天是他的生日,所以他整夜开着汽车在浦东转悠。 Seems funny that my dodgy old motor has become a classic car. 有趣的是,我的老爷车变成了一辆老爷车。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent.