motor
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Đồng nghĩa: drive, engine
- 2.
(now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
Nice motor!
Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.
- 3.
(figuratively)A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- 4.
Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- 5.
(archaic, poetic)(Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
- 6.
(slang)(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Đồng nghĩa: kicker
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)(biology) Relating to the ability to move.
She has excellent motor skills.
- 2.
(not comparable)(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dated)To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
Đồng nghĩa: moto
- 2.
(transitive)(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
- 3.
(figuratively, informal)(informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
- 4.
(slang)To leave.
I gotta motor.
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From Middle English motour (controller, prime mover; God), from Latin mōtor (mover; that which moves something), from mōtō (to set in motion).