engine

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

engines

1.
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
2.
(archaic)(now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement.
3.
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
Đồng nghĩa: drive, motor
4.
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
5.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
6.
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
7.
(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
a graphics engine
a physics engine
8.
(obsolete)Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
9.
(obsolete)The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
10.
(obsolete)Natural talent; genius.
11.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

engines

V_ing/Gerund

engining

V_ed/pp

engined

1.
(dated, transitive)To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
2.
(obsolete, transitive)To assault with an engine.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To contrive; to put into action.

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drive motor locomotive

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English engyn, from engine, Old French engin (skill, cleverness, war machine), from Latin ingenium, related to ingignō (to instil by birth, implant, produce in). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.