motor
英 ['məʊtə]
美 ['motɚ]
- n. 发动机，马达；汽车
- adj. 汽车的；机动的
- vi. 乘汽车
- vt. 以汽车载运
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
音译“马达”，一种能量转换的动力装置，这个音译词用古老的畜力“马”，加上“达”表示能够做功，完美兼顾了发音和含义。
motor 发动机，马达，汽车来自拉丁语motor,移动者，运动者，词源同move.引申词义发动机，马达，汽车等。
- motor
- motor: [16] The most direct English descendant of Latin movēre ‘move’ is of course move, but several more have found their way into the language via derivatives. From mōtiō ‘movement’ comes motion [15] (and its collateral forms commotion [15], emotion, and promotion [15]); from mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ come motivate [19], motive [14], and (via modern French) motif [19]; and mōtor ‘mover’ has given motor.
Originally this was used for the rather generalized notion of a ‘moving force’; the modern application to an ‘engine’ did not emerge until the mid-19th century. Also from movēre come English moment and mutiny.
=> commotion, emotion, moment, motif, motion, motive, move, mutiny, promotion - motor (n.)
- mid-15c., "controller, prime mover," from Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). From 15c. as "controller, prime mover" (in reference to God); sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" is from 1970.
- motor (v.)
- 1896, from motor (n.). Related: Motored; motoring.
- 1. Many motor accidents are the result of unthinkingly mixing speed and alcohol.
- 许多机动车事故都是不计后果地酒后开快车造成的。
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- 2. It's very difficult being a woman in motor racing.
- 做一名女赛车手很不容易。
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- 3. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep.
- 斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
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- 4. Adhering to the new rules meant inflicting serious damage on motor racing.
- 遵守新的规定就意味着赛车比赛将遭受严重影响。
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- 5. We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.
- 我们沿着艾维格大街一路飞奔到汽车那儿。
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