| 正面 | 2008.engineer 英 [endʒɪ'nɪə]美 [,ɛndʒɪ'nɪr]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. ton- "sound, tone, accent" + -e.2. ton- "stretch" + -e.3. 由声调扩展、宽泛化到绘画中的色调，其实色调、声调都是有本意“stretch”引申而来。4. tongue => tone => tune.n. 工程师；工兵；火车司机vt. 设计；策划；精明地处理vi. 设计；建造 例句： 1. The RAF recognized him as an out-standingly able engineer.英国皇家空军表彰他是一名非常能干的机械师。 engineer 工程师来自engine, 机械装置，引擎，即设计机械的人。 engineer (n.)mid-14c., enginour, "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor "engineer, architect, maker of war-engines; schemer" (12c.), from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c. 1600 but not the common meaning of the word until 19c (hence lingering distinction as civil engineer). Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested 1832, American English. A "maker of engines" in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.engineer (v.)1818, "act as an engineer," from engineer (n.). Figurative sense of "arrange, contrive, guide or manage (via ingenuity or tact)" is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered. Middle English had a verb engine "contrive, construct" (late 14c.), also "seduce, trick, deceive" (c. 1300) and "put to torture."" |