[N-COUNT 可数名词]引擎；发动机 The engine of a car or other vehicle is the part that produces the power which makes the vehicle move.
He got into the driving seat and started the engine.
他坐进驾驶座，发动引擎。
...an engine failure that forced a jetliner to crash-land in a field.
迫使喷气式客机在田地里紧急降落的引擎故障
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]机车；火车头 An engine is also the large vehicle that pulls a railway train.
In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.
1941年，火车本可以由蒸汽机车拉动。
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en·gine★/ˈendʒɪn; NAmEˈendʒɪn/noun1★the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move 发动机；引擎◆a diesel/petrol engine柴油╱汽油发动机◆My car had to have a new engine.我的汽车得换一个新发动机。◆engine trouble发动机故障◆I switched/turned the engineoff. 我关掉了发动机。☞see also
internal-combustion engine
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jet engine
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traction engine
2(alsoloco·mo·tive)a vehicle that pulls a train 火车头；机车3-engined( in adjectives 构成形容词) having the type or number of enginesmentioned 有…型发动机的；有…个引擎的◆a twin-engined speedboat双引擎快艇☞see also
1the part of a vehicle that produces power to make it move → motorstart/switch on an engine The engine won’t start.stop/turn off/switch off an engine He switched off the car’s engine and waited. Is the engine running smoothly?diesel/petrol etc engine an old steam engine We were stranded with engine trouble on a deserted highway.2a vehicle that pulls a railway train3[usually singular] formal something powerful that causes great changes in societyengine of change/growth etc The Marshall Plan was the engine of post-war economic growth. Rome’s deadly war engine →
fire engine
COLLOCATIONSverbsswitch on/turn on/start an engine· I fastened my seat belt and turned on the engine.switch off/turn off/stop an engine· Maggie pulled over and switched off the engine.rev (up) an engine British English, gun an engine American English (=make an engine go very fast)· As the lights turned green, Chris gunned the engine and we surged forward.an engine runs· He parked outside the bank and kept the engine running.an engine idles/ticks over (=runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving)· The taxi waited at the kerb, its engine idling noisily.an engine cuts out (=stops suddenly)· The engine keeps cutting out.adjectivesbig/powerful· The newer model has a more powerful engine.small· The engine is small, so it's quite economical to run.a petrol/diesel engine· The van has a 2.5 litre diesel engine.a jet engine· the plane's powerful jet enginesa car/motorbike etc engine· I heard the sound of a car engine in the distance.engine + NOUNengine trouble (=problems with an engine)· When the boat developed engine trouble, the crew had to abandon ship.engine failure (=when an engine stops working suddenly)· Their aircraft suffered engine failure and crashed into the sea.engine capacity (=an engine's size or power)· The engine capacity of motorcycles ranges from 50cc to 1800cc.
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