n.(名词)

1. 发动机
2. 引擎
3. 机车
4. 工具
5. 火车头
6. 器械，机械 ，机器
7. 消防车，救火车
8. 蒸汽机
9. 方法，手段
10. 热机
11. 内燃机

v.(动词)

1. 给...安装发动机
2. 给 ... 装引擎

n.(名词)

1. [C]发动机,引擎 a piece of machinery with moving parts which changes power from steam, electricity, oil, etc., into movement
2. [C]火车头,火车机车 a machine which pulls a railway train

Noun:

1. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2. something used to achieve a purpose;

   "an engine of change"
   

3. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

4. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.;

   "medieval engines of war"
   

1.引擎;发动机
Theengine of a car or other vehicle is the part that produces the power which makes the vehicle move.

e.g. He got into the driving seat and started theengine.
他坐进驾驶座，发动引擎。
e.g. ...anengine failure that forced a jetliner to crash-land in a field.
迫使喷气式客机在田地里紧急降落的引擎故障

2.机车；火车头
Anengine is also the large vehicle that pulls a railway train.

e.g. In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steamengine.
1941年，火车本可以由蒸汽机车拉动。

1. 引擎;发动机：如:卡通/动画片(cartoon)、引擎/发动机(engine)、安琪尔/天使(angel)、吐司/烤面包(toast)、麦克风/话筒(microphone)、商籁体/十四行诗(sonnet)等. 穿梭外交(shuttle diplomacy)、贸易战(trade war)等. 意译是翻译外来词的一种常用方法.

2. 引擎"、发动机：X7的光亚型(quantum-mechanical subtype)就是超级光速瞬间转移的来源. X7控制下的X6转化、转换为X5亚型的机器或机制,称为引擎、发动机(engine)X7控制下的X5转化、转换为X6亚型的机器或机制,称为发生器(generator)

What's the cubic capacity of this engine?

这台发动机的立体容积是多少？

There must be something wrong with the engine of my car.

我汽车的引擎一定是出故障了。

Industrialization is the most important engine of economic growth.

工业化是经济增长最重要的拉动因素。

There was a puff of steam from the engine before it stopped.

机车喷出一股蒸气后就停了下来。

Smoke rises from the engine as the train climbs a hill.

火车向山上爬着,浓浓的烟雾从火车头升起。

a twin-engined speedboat

双引擎快艇

I switched'/turned the engine off.

我关掉了发动机。

a diesel'/petrol engine

柴油 / 汽油发动机

My car had to have a new engine.

我的汽车得换一个新发动机。

engine trouble

发动机故障

...an engine failure that forced a jetliner to crash-land in a field.

迫使喷气式客机在田地里紧急降落的引擎故障

In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.

1941年，火车本可以由蒸汽机车拉动。

He got into the driving seat and started the engine.

他坐进驾驶座，发动引擎。

What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

The car's got some sort of engine trouble again.

车子的引擎又出了什么故障.

Check the engine oil level regularly.

要时常检查机油量.

My car's off the road at the moment while I recondition the engine.

我是把车停在路边修理引擎的.

We had hardly started from home when the engine gave out.

我们刚刚离开家,发动机就失灵了.

First, you turn the engine on so.

首先, 你这样开动引擎.

They use a piston engine instead.

他们改用活塞发动机.

This fine engine makes only a whisper when running at full speed.

这部优良的发动机全速开动时也只发出一点点沙沙声.

A steam engine transforms heat into power.

蒸汽机将热能转变成动力.

How is the new engine behaving?

新的引擎运行得 如何 ?

The engine puts out thirty horsepower.

这台发动机可产生30马力.

The engine has frozen up.

发动机冻住了.

an electrical fault in the engine

发动机的电路故障

Who invented the steam engine?

谁发明了蒸汽机？

The crash happened seconds after the pilot reported engine trouble.

飞行员报告发动机有故障后几秒钟飞机就坠毁了。

Flames spewed from the aircraft's engine.

飞机发动机喷出火焰。

Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died.

然后，发动机突然咔咔地响着，发出一阵噼啪声，接着就彻底熄火了。

Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car.

阿诺德关掉发动机，下了车。

The boat's engine misfired after he tried to start it up.

他试着启动船的引擎，但没发动起来。

The plane hit so hard that one engine was buried 16 feet underground.

飞机猛烈撞击地面，致使一个引擎陷到了地下16英尺处。

Some objects had got entangled with the underneath mechanism of the engine.

一些东西缠在了发动机下面的机件上。

Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox.

它的发动机与一个半自动变速箱相连接。

1. This plane has a new engine.
   这架飞机的发动机是新的。
2. A long train sometimes needs two engines.
   长的列车有时需要两个机车。

动词+～

• engine">cool〔start〕 an engine冷却〔启动〕引擎
• engine">design〔operate, repair〕 an engine设计〔操作,修理〕发动机
• engine">pull out an engine将机车开出去
• engine">reserve an engine倒车

形容词+～

• engine">electric engine电力发动机
• engine">powerful engine功率大的发动机
• engines">empty〔light〕 engines(未挂列车的)空车头

名词+～

• engine">fire engine灭火机,消防车
• engine">gasoline〔oil〕 engine汽油机
• engine">jet engine喷气式发动机
• engine">race engine赛车
• engine">steam engine蒸汽机

～+名词

• engine%20failure">engine failure发动机故障

～+介词

• engine%20of%20the%20airplane">the engine of the airplane飞机的发动机

• A man of quick ingine and deep wisdom.

  出自：Sir W. Scott

machine，machinery，mechanism，apparatus，engine，motor

这些名词均有“机器、装置”之意。

machine普通用词，泛指一切机器。

machinery指机器的总称。

mechanism指运行系统，简单的机械装置。

apparatus指具有特殊用途的装置。

engine既可泛指或大或小、简单或复杂的机械、机器，又可指产生动力的发动机或引擎。

motor通常指小型或轻型马达、发动机。

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的ingenium，意为精巧的机械装置。