| 单词 | drive |
| 释义 | drive (once / 24 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn To drive is to operate or travel in a motor vehicle. You can drive a car, a bus, or a go-kart. Drive is one of those multi-functioning words with a lot of uses. In a very general sense it relates to pushing, or a push in a direction; drive and go go hand in hand. You could drive across country, drive cattle on a cattle drive, drive a golf ball by hitting it off a tee, drive prey into the open, clean your computer’s hard drive, or drive someone crazy. But do you really have the drive to do all that? WORD FAMILYdrive: driven, driver, drives, driving, drove, overdrive, self-drive+/driver: drivers, nondriver/driving: drivingest, drivingly, drivings/drove: droves/nondriver: nondrivers/overdrive: overdriven, overdrives, overdriving, overdrove USAGE EXAMPLESJohn Franklin III replaced White in the second quarter and completed two of four passes on his first drive that ended with a field goal. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Like driving a new car off a dealership forecourt, I just can’t bear to devalue them. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Though he averaged more than 300 yards off the tee, Walker ranked 183rd in driving accuracy, hitting 48 percent of his fairways. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v operate or control a vehicle drive a car or bus Can you drive this four-wheel truck? Syn|Hypo|Hyper take proceed along in a vehicle ridehave certain properties when driven coach drive a coach test drivetest a vehicle by driving it tooldrive pullmove into a certain direction control, operate handle and cause to function 2v travel or be transported in a vehicle We drove to the university every morning Syn|Hyper motor take proceed along in a vehicle go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 3v proceed along in a vehicle We drive the turnpike to work Syn|Hyper take motor travel or be transported in a vehicle cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse travel across or pass over 4v move by being propelled by a force The car drove around the corner Hypo|Hyper pull move into a certain direction cut indrive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 5v cause someone or something to move by driving She drove me to school every day We drove the car to the garage Syn|Hypo|Hyper take proceed along in a vehicle pull steer into a certain direction chauffeur, drive arounddrive someone in a vehicle displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 6v have certain properties when driven My new truck drives well Syn ride ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle 7v work as a driver He drives a bread truck She drives for the taxi company in Newark Hyper do work, work be employed 8n a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) he took the family for a drive in his new car Syn|Hypo|Hyper ride lift a ride in a car joyridea ride in a car taken solely for pleasure spina short drive in a car journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another 9n a wide scenic road planted with trees the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views Syn|Hyper parkway road, route an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation 10n a road leading up to a private house 2Syn|Hyper driveway, private road road, route an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation 1v push, propel, or press with force Drive a nail into the wall Hyper impel, propel cause to move forward with force 2v cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force drive the ball far out into the field Syn|Hyper beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse cause to move back by force or influence throw propel through the air 3v hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally drive a ball Hyper hit cause to move by striking 4v strike with a driver, as in teeing off drive a golf ball Hyper hit cause to move by striking 5v urge forward drive the cows into the barn Hypo|Hyper mush drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled) force, push move with force 6v cause to move back by force or influence Syn|Ant|Hyper beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes draw in, retractpull inward or towards a center curl, curl up, draw inshape one's body into a curl force, push move with force 7v (hunting) search for game drive the forest Hyper hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) 8v (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground drive the game Hyper hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) 9v excavate horizontally drive a tunnel Hyper dig, excavate, hollow remove the inner part or the core of 10v cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling The amplifier drives the tube steam drives the engines this device drives the disks for the computer Hyper power supply the force or power for the functioning of 11v force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically He drives me mad Syn|Hypo|Hyper force, ram toe, toenail drive obliquely thrust push forcefully 12v compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly She is driven by her passion Syn|Hyper force, ram force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" 13n the act of applying force to propel something after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off Syn|Hypo|Hyper driving force, thrust firewall (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust impetus, impulse, impulsionthe act of applying force suddenly actuation, propulsion the act of propelling 14n a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds Hypo|Hyper fusee, fusee drive a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring mechanism device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function 15n the act of driving a herd of animals overland Hypo|Hyper cattle drive driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation the act of moving something from one location to another 16n (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) Hypo|Hyper forehand drive (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) backhand drivea hard straight return made on the backhand side return a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player 17n hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver he sliced his drive out of bounds Syn|Hyper driving golf shot, golf stroke, swing the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it 18n (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium 3Hypo|Hyper CD drive a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system CD-ROM drivea drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played' Winchester drive, disc drive, disk drive, hard drivecomputer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it external drivea drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable internal drivea drive mounted inside of a computer RAM disk(computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 1v strive and make an effort to reach a goal She is driving away at her doctoral thesis Syn|Hypo|Hyper labor, labour, push, tug bear on, push press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action reach, strain, strive to exert much effort or energy extend oneselfstrain to the utmost kill oneself, overexert oneselfstrain oneself more than is healthy bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneselftake the trouble to do something; concern oneself fight, struggle make a strenuous or labored effort 2v compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment She finally drove him to change jobs Syn|Hyper force, ram force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically make compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way 3v move into a desired direction of discourse What are you driving at? Syn|Hyper aim, get intend, mean mean or intend to express or convey 4n a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant Syn|Hypo|Hyper campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign an organized program of advertisements anti-war movementa campaign against entering or continuing a war charm campaigna campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support consumerisma movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaignthe campaign of a candidate to be elected fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising efforta campaign to raise money for some cause feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movementthe movement aimed at equal rights for women gay lib, gay liberation movementthe movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression lost causea defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable reforma campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices wara concerted campaign to end something that is injurious youth crusade, youth movementpolitical or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigninga campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel hustingsthe activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) whispering campaignthe organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate stumpingcampaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) sales campaignan advertising campaign intended to promote sales public-relations campaignan advertising campaign intended to improve public relations venture any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome 5n a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire Hypo|Hyper hunger, hungriness a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation thirst, thirstinessa physiological need to drink sex drivea physiological need for sexual activity hypoxiaoxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency bulimiapathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) emptinesshaving an empty stomach edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracityexcessive desire to eat famishment, starvationa state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period malnourishment, undernourishmentnot having enough food to develop or function normally dehydrationdepletion of bodily fluids polydipsiaexcessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction) anemic hypoxiahypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin hypoxic hypoxiahypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs ischemic hypoxia, stagnant hypoxiahypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure) altitude sicknesseffects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes anoxiasevere hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues asphyxiation, suffocationthe condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions 6n the trait of being highly motivated his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers Hypo|Hyper action the trait of being active and energetic and forceful enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiativereadiness to embark on bold new ventures ambition, ambitiousnessa strong drive for success energy, get-up-and-go, pushenterprising or ambitious drive aggressivenessthe quality of being bold and enterprising aspirationa will to succeed power hunger, status seekinga drive to acquire power second windrenewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking competitiveness, fightan aggressive willingness to compete combativeness, militance, militancya militant aggressiveness intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousnessaggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation boldness, brass, cheek, face, nerveimpudent aggressiveness trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
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