Engine Car ˈendʒɪn I Runs Vehicle Noun Diesel/Petrol

• a diesel/petrol engine
• i got in the car and started the engine.
• my car had to have a new engine.
• the engine runs on diesel.

engine

1. the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move
• SEE ALSO internal-combustion engine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/internal-combustion-engine
• a diesel/petrol engine
• I got in the car and started the engine.
• My car had to have a new engine.
• The engine runs on diesel.
• Its engine is powered by both gasoline and electricity.
• The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure.
• Their helicopter had developed engine trouble.

Extra Examples

• He pulled up under some trees and cut the engine.
• I kept the engine ticking over.
• I pressed the starter and the engine caught first time.
• She sat at the traffic lights revving the engine.
• She waited with the engine running while he bought a paper.
• The engine broke down just outside the station.
• The engine coughed and died.
• The engine runs on unleaded petrol.
• The engine was just ticking over.
• The engine's firing on all four cylinders now.
• The new model is fitted with a more powerful engine.
• The plane's engine roared as it prepared for take-off.
• The rocket engine is ignited.
• This model is powered by a 1.8-litre petrol engine.
• Does your car have a diesel or a petrol engine?
• You need more oil in the engine.
• a 580-horsepower engine
• a large plane with twin engines
• It looks as if we've got a spot of engine trouble.
• a gasoline engine
• the ship's engine room
• The planes have the ability to land safely in the event of an engine failure.
2. a thing that has an important role in making a particular process happen
• Agriculture is a key engine of growth in most developing countries.
• Great newspapers serve as an engine for positive change.
• Business is the principal engine for generating wealth for society as a whole.
• He was the engine behind the victory.

Extra Examples

• Small businesses are the engine of economic growth.
• The region's housing market is a major engine of the economy.
• The internet really is the growth engine of today's economy.
• These industries will be the engine of our future prosperity.
• Exports have been an engine for growth.
3. a vehicle that pulls a train
• SEE ALSO tank engine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tank-engine
4. having the type or number of engines mentioned
• a twin-engined speedboat

Word Origin

• Middle English (formerly also as ingine): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; which led to the sense ‘a machine’ (mid 17th cent.), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal-combustion engine.