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MOTOR can be used as a noun meaning engine, motor, or car, or as an adjective meaning motorized or relating to cars. It can also be used as a verb meaning to travel by car.

motor (名) 发动机;引擎;汽车 (形) 机动的;汽车的 (动) 乘汽车旅行

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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.
  [ADJ n]
  • 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.
  [ADJ n]
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  • ...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 .
  [BRIT 英]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
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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.
      [V adv/prep]
    • 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

      Oxford motor / ˈməʊtə(r) ; NAmE ˈmoʊtər /
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      motor motors motored motoring
      noun 1 a device that uses electricity, petrol/gas, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work 发动机;马达 an electric motor 电动机 He started the motor. 他启动了发动机。 see also
      outboard motor
      2 BrE old-fashioned or humorous a car 汽车
      adjective [only before noun ] 1 having an engine; using the power of an engine 有引擎的;由发动机推动的 motor vehicles 机动车辆 2 ( especially BrE) connected with vehicles that have engines 机动车的;汽车的 the motor industry/trade 汽车工业╱贸易 a motor accident 机动车事故 motor insurance 汽车保险 motor fuel 汽车燃料 3 ( technical 术语 ) connected with movement of the body that is produced by muscles; connected with the nerves that control movement 肌肉运动的;运动神经的 uncoordinated motor activity 不协调的肌肉运动 Both motor and sensory functions are affected. 运动功能和感觉功能都受到影响。 verb [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) to travel by car, especially for pleasure 乘车旅行;驾车旅行 motor·ing / ˈməʊtərɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmoʊtərɪŋ / noun [uncountable ] They're planning a motoring holiday to France this year. 他们计划今年驾车到法国去度假。 motor / ˈməʊtə(r) ; NAmE ˈmoʊtər / motor·ing / ˈməʊtərɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmoʊtərɪŋ /
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      motor1 noun
      motor2 adjective
      motor3 verb
      motormo‧tor1 /ˈməʊtə $ ˈmoʊtər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]
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      1the part of a machine that makes it work or move, by changing power, especially electrical power, into movement:  an electric motorMotor is not generally used to refer to the part of a vehicle which produces the power for it to move. Use engine: My car needs a new engine.2British English old-fashioned informal a car:  That’s a nice motor you’ve got, Dave.
      outboard motor
      motor1 noun
      motor2 adjective
      motor3 verb
      motormotor2 adjective [only before noun]
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      1especially British English relating to cars or other vehicles with engines:  the motor industry a motor accident motor insurance2having an engine:  a motor scooter3technical relating to nerves that make muscles move:  impaired motor function
      motor1 noun
      motor2 adjective
      motor3 verb
      motormotor3 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
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      British English old-fashioned to travel by car:  Bertie is motoring down from London.
      WDF

      motor

      [ˈməʊtə(r)]motored, motoring, motors

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      motors[2584]
      马达(52%),发动机(24%),机动车(12%),汽车的(7%),机动的(3%),运动神经的(2%)
      n.发动机,马达;汽车
      adj.汽车的;机动的
      vi.乘汽车
      vt.以汽车载运

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