| 单词 | engine |
| 释义 | engine —engineless, adj. /en"jeuhn/, n. 1. a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion. 2. a railroad locomotive. 3. a fire engine. 4. any mechanical contrivance. 5. a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery. 6. Obs. an instrument of torture, esp. the rack. [1250-1300; ME engin < AF, OF < L ingenium nature, innate quality, esp. mental power, hence a clever invention, equiv. to in- IN-2 + -genium, equiv. to gen- begetting (see KIN) + -ium -IUM] |
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