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单词 let drive
释义

drive /drīv/

transitive verb (prp drīvˈing; pat drōve or archaic drāve, and Spenser drive /driv/; pap drivˈen)
  1. To urge along
  2. To hurry on
  3. To control or guide the movements or operations of
  4. To convey or carry in a vehicle
  5. To urge or force in or through
  6. To push briskly
  7. To provide motive power to
  8. To urge (a point of argument)
  9. To carry through (eg a bargain)
  10. To impel
  11. To compel
  12. To send away with force, eg a ball, esp (golf) to play from the tee or with a driver, (cricket) to hit strongly in front of the wicket, and (tennis) to return forcibly underarm
  13. To chase
  14. To excavate (eg a tunnel)
  15. To sort out (feathers) in a current of air
intransitive verb
  1. To control an engine, vehicle or draught animal, etc
  2. To press forward with violence
  3. To be forced along (like a ship before the wind)
  4. To be driven
  5. To go in a motor vehicle or carriage
  6. To aim or tend towards a point (with at)
  7. To strike with a sword or the fist, etc (with at)
noun
  1. An excursion in a vehicle
  2. A road for driving on, esp the approach to a house within its own grounds
  3. (with cap) used in street names generally
  4. A driving stroke (sport)
  5. Impulse
  6. Impulsive force
  7. Power of getting things done
  8. A motivational concept used to describe changes in responsiveness to a consistent external stimulus (behaviourism)
  9. The chasing of game towards the shooters, or the sport so obtained, or the ground over which the game is driven
  10. Pushing sales by reducing prices
  11. An organized campaign to attain any end
  12. A meeting in order to play certain games, eg whist
  13. Apparatus for driving
  14. A disk drive (computing)
ORIGIN: OE drīfan to drive; Ger treiben to push

drivabilˈity or driveabilˈity noun

drivˈable or driveˈable adjective

drivˈen adjective (informal)

Ambitious or highly motivated

drivˈer noun

  1. A person or thing that drives, in all senses
  2. A golf club with a metal or wooden head used to hit the ball from the tee
  3. A factor that facilitates the success of a strategy (commercial jargon)

drivˈerless adjective

Running or able to run, without a driver

drivˈing noun

The act of driving

adjective
  1. (of rain, etc) heavy and windblown
  2. Motivating
  3. Directing

driveˈ-by adjective (informal, chiefly N American)

Denoting a crime, esp a shooting, committed from a moving vehicle (also noun)

driveˈ-in noun

A refreshment stop, store, cinema, etc where patrons are catered for while still remaining in their motor cars (also adjective)

driver ant noun

An army ant

driver's license noun (US)

Driving licence

drive shaft noun

Driving shaft

driveˈthrough noun (chiefly N American)

A shop, restaurant or bank designed so that customers can be served without leaving their cars

drive time noun

  1. The time taken to complete a journey by road
  2. The time of day when many people are travelling to or from work, esp when considered as part of a broadcasting schedule

drive'train noun

The parts of a vehicle that are involved in causing it to move, including the engine, gears, wheels, etc

driveˈway noun

  1. A carriage-drive
  2. A drive, esp connecting a house or other premises with the public road

drivˈing-band noun

The band or strap that communicates motion from one machine, or part of a machine, to another

drivˈing-box noun

A box on which a driver sits

driving force noun

The person or thing that causes something to happen

drivˈing-gear noun

Apparatus by which power is transmitted from shaft to shaft

driving licence noun

An official licence to drive a motor vehicle

drivˈing-mirror noun

A small mirror in which a driver can see what is behind his or her vehicle

driving range noun

A place for golfers to practise driving the ball

driving seat noun

  1. The seat in a vehicle in which the driver sits
  2. A position of control

driving shaft noun

A shaft from a driving wheel communicating motion to machinery

driving test noun

A test of ability to drive safely, esp an official and obligatory test

driving wheel noun

  1. A main wheel that communicates motion to other wheels
  2. One of the main wheels in a locomotive

drive a coach and horses through (informal)

  1. To demolish (an argument, etc) by demonstrating the obvious faults in it
  2. To brush aside, ignore completely

drive home

  1. To force (eg a nail) completely in
  2. To make completely understood or accepted

let drive

To aim a blow

let1 /let/

transitive verb (prp lettˈing; pat let or (Scot) loot /lüt or lŭt/; pap let or (Scot) lootˈen, littˈen or luttˈen)
  1. To give leave or power to, to allow, permit, suffer (usu with infinitive without to)
  2. To allow to go or come
  3. To grant to a tenant or hirer
  4. In the imperative with accusative and infinitive without to, often used virtually as an auxiliary with imperative or optative effect
  5. To leave (Shakespeare)
  6. To omit (Shakespeare)
  7. To allow to escape (archaic)
  8. To behave so as to give an impression, make it appear (obsolete; also intransitive verb)
noun

A letting for hire

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) lētan (WSax lǣtan) to permit, pat lēt; pap lǣten; Ger lassen

lettˈable adjective

Able to be hired out, suitable for letting

lettˈer noun

A person who lets, esp on hire

lettˈing noun

letˈ-alone noun (Shakespeare)

Absence of restraint, freedom

adjective

  1. Refraining from interference
  2. Leaving things to themselves

letˈ-down noun

  1. An act or occasion of letting down
  2. A disappointment

letˈ-off noun

  1. An act or occasion of letting off
  2. A festivity
  3. An outlet
  4. (in games) a failure to take advantage of an opportunity

letˈ-out noun

A chance to escape or avoid keeping an agreement, contract, etc

lettˈer-gaeˈ noun (Scot)

Someone who lets go, a precentor

letting down noun (aeronautics)

The reduction of altitude from cruising height to that required for the approach to landing

letˈ-up noun

  1. End or ceasing
  2. Abatement
  3. Respite or relief

let alone

  1. Not to mention, much less
  2. To refrain from interference with
  3. (imperative) trust (archaic)

let be (dialect let-a-be)

  1. To leave undisturbed
  2. Not to mention, to say nothing of (Scot)

let blood

To cause to bleed

let down

  1. To allow to fall
  2. To lower
  3. To make longer
  4. To allow air to escape from
  5. To leave in the lurch, fail to back up when needed, betray trust, disappoint

let drive

  1. To aim a blow
  2. To discharge a missile

let fall

  1. To drop
  2. To mention or hint

let fly

  1. To fling, discharge, shoot
  2. To deliver a blow (also figurative)

let go

  1. To cease holding
  2. To finish the employment of
  3. To slacken (nautical)

let in

  1. To allow to enter
  2. To take in or swindle (archaic)
  3. (with for) to involve in or betray into anything unpleasant or troublesome
  4. To insert
  5. To leak inwards

let in on (informal)

To allow to take part in

let into

  1. To set into the surface of
  2. To admit to the knowledge of
  3. To throw into one with

let loose

  1. To set free
  2. To let go of restraint, to indulge in unrestrained talk or conduct

let off

  1. To allow to go free or without exacting all
  2. To fire off, discharge
  3. To break wind from the anus (informal)

let on (informal)

  1. To allow to be believed, to pretend
  2. To disclose awareness
  3. To reveal, divulge

let oneself go (informal)

  1. To allow one's appearance, lifestyle, etc to deteriorate
  2. To act without restraint

let out

  1. To allow to go free, or to become known
  2. To emit
  3. To widen, slacken, enlarge
  4. To put out to hire
  5. To leak outwards
  6. To strike out or kick out (archaic)

let someone know

To inform someone

let up (informal)

  1. To become less
  2. To abate

let up on (informal)

  1. To cease to have to do with
  2. To treat less harshly

let well alone

To let things remain as they are from fear of making them worse

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