Engine ˈendʒɪn I Car Vehicle Powered Model Noun

• a diesel/petrol engine
• my car had to have a new engine.
• engine trouble
• i switched/turned the engine off.

engine

1. the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move
• see also internal-combustion engine
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• a diesel/petrol engine
• My car had to have a new engine.
• engine trouble
• I switched/turned the engine off.
2. a vehicle that pulls a train
3. having the type or number of engines mentioned
• a twin-engined speedboat

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.
• It looks as if we’ve got a spot of engine trouble.
• Its engine is powered by both gasoline and electricity.
• 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 diesel.
• 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.
• This model is powered by a diesel engine.
• You need more oil in the engine.
• a 580-horsepower engine
• a large plane with twin engines
• the ship’s engine room
• Does your car have a diesel or a petrol engine?
• Switch the engine off.
• Their helicopter had developed engine trouble.
• There was a fire in the engine room.

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.