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单词 drive
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drive1/driev/ verb (past tense drove) (past part. driven) (past tense drove /drohv/) (past part. driven /ʹdriv(ə)n/)

verb trans

to control and direct the course of (a vehicle)

to convey or transport (somebody or something) in a vehicle

to set (something) in motion by physical force

to force (something) into position by blows

drive a nail into the wall

to cause (something or somebody) to go by force, authority, or influence

drive the enemy back

to keep (something) in motion or operation

drive machinery by electricity

to cause (draught animals, game, cattle, etc) to move in a desired direction

to exert inescapable or persuasive pressure on (somebody)

to compel (somebody) to undergo or suffer a change, e.g. in situation, awareness, or emotional state

It's driving me crazy

to urge (somebody) relentlessly to continuous exertion

to transact or execute (something) energetically

They drove a hard bargain

to propel (a ball, shuttlecock, etc) swiftly

to play a drive in cricket or golf at (a ball)

to bore (e.g. a tunnel or passage)

verb intrans

to operate a vehicle

to rush or dash with great speed, force, or momentum, esp against an obstruction

rain driving against the windscreen

to drive a ball or other object of play

be driving at

to imply (something) as an ultimate meaning or conclusion

drivable adj
driveable adj
[Old English drīfan]

drive2noun

a journey or trip in a vehicle esp a car

a private road or surfaced path giving access from a public right of way to a building, esp a surfaced path leading from a public road to a private house

a motivating instinctual need or acquired desire

sex drive

great zeal in pursuing one's ends

a strong systematic group effort; a campaign

a military offensive or expansionist move

the means for giving motion to a machine or part

a chain drive

the means by which or position from which the movement of a motor vehicle is controlled or directed

a four-wheel drive

a left-hand drive

= disk drive

the act or an instance of driving a ball, shuttlecock, etc

an attacking cricket stroke played conventionally with a straight bat and designed to send the ball in front of the batsman's wicket

a long golf shot, esp one played with a driver from the tee

Brit a gathering of people to play a specified indoor game

a whist drive

a shoot in which the game is driven within the range of the guns

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