释义 |
horsepowerhorse‧pow‧er /ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə $ ˈhɔːrsˌpaʊr/ noun (plural horsepower) [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation hp) - Boost is engine manifold pressure, a key ingredient in the maintenance of horsepower and ultimately, miles per hour.
- His belting experiments, too, focused on costs more than on horsepower or coefficients of friction.
- It had a 700 horsepower V8 that was fuelled on a mixture of alcohol and nitro-methane.
- Often makers try pulling a fast one by giving a tractor a number that's bigger than its actual horsepower.
- Rather, automatic horsepower was, itself, the first phase of the knowledge revolution.
- The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient, reined-in horsepower.
a unit for measuring the power of an engine, or the power of an engine measured like this: a two-hundred horsepower engine the superior horsepower of a Volkswagen |