| 单词 | driver |
| 释义 | driver —driverless, adj. /druy"veuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that drives. 2. a person who drives a vehicle; coachman, chauffeur, etc. 3. a person who drives an animal or animals, as a drover or cowboy. 4. Also called number one wood. Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives from the tee. 5. Mach. a. a part that transmits force or motion. b. the member of a pair of connected pulleys, gears, etc., that is nearer to the power source. 6. Computers. software or hardware that controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device. 7. Railroads. See driving wheel (def. 2). 8. Brit. a locomotive engineer. 9. Audio. a. the part of a loudspeaker that transforms the electrical signal into sound. b. the entire loudspeaker. 10. Naut. a. a jib-headed spanker sail. b. a designation given to one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the fifth or sixth from forward. Cf. pusher (def. 4), spanker (def. 1b). [1350-1400; ME drivere. See DRIVE, -ER1] |
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