| 单词 | propulsive |
| 释义 | propulsive (once / 35601 pages) adj The adjective propulsive describes something that has the power to drive something forward. You would not want a propulsive jet engine on your model airplane — it’s just too much power for something that should stay in the basement. You can think of propulsive as describing an object that has propellers (like a helicopter) that move it forward. But the word propulsive is not just for the literal. Use propulsive to make a description more colorful and imaginative. The word suggests a feeling of propelling, like hearing a soaring melody with a propulsive rhythm or a propulsive speech that makes you want to change the world. WORD FAMILYpropulsive: propulsively+/propel: propellant, propelled, propellent, propeller, propelling, propellor, propels, propulsion, propulsive/propellant: propellants/propelled: self-propelled/propellent: propellents/propeller: propellers/propelling: self-propelling/propellor: propellors/propulsion: propulsions USAGE EXAMPLESNo, argues Johnson, it is the vehicle of play and its accompanying drivetrain, “the propulsive force of delight,” to which we owe a huge debt. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It was a bold, gripping performance, full of propulsive drama if short on balletic grace. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) Richard Lawson wrote in Vanity Fair that it is “a bracing and dizzying marvel, propulsively pitched and even, I dare say, moving.” New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj having the power to propel propulsive coefficient 2adj tending to or capable of propelling the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency universities...the seats of propulsive thought Syn propellant, propellent, propelling dynamic, dynamical characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality |
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