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[N-COUNT 可数名词]发动机;引擎 The
motor in a machine, vehicle, or boat is the part that uses electricity or fuel to produce movement, so that the machine, vehicle, or boat can work.
She got in and started the motor.
她坐上车,发动了引擎。
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[ADJ 形容词]机动的;由发动机驱动的 Motor vehicles and boats have a petrol or diesel engine.
Theft of motor vehicles is up by 15.9%.
机动车辆偷盗案上升了15.9%。
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[ADJ 形容词]汽车的;车辆的 Motor is used to describe activities relating to vehicles such as cars and buses.
...the future of the British motor industry...
英国汽车工业的未来
He worked as a motor mechanic.
他是一名汽车修理工。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 automotive, automobile
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]汽车;轿车 Some people refer to a car as a
motor .
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[VERB 动词]自驾游览;乘汽车旅行 If you
motor somewhere, you travel there in a car, usually for pleasure.
[V adv/prep]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
I had motored down from Cheshire.
我从柴郡一路南下开过来。
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[VERB 动词]使用发动机驾驶帆船 If people in a small sailing boat
motor somewhere, they use the boat's motor rather than the power of the wind to get there.
Restarting the engine, we motored downriver.
我们重新启动马达,沿河而下。
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See also:motoring
;
outboard motor
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