Level | A1 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | drive |
IPA | /draɪv / verb (past tense drove /drəʊv /; past participle driven /ˈdrɪvn /) |
Back | (araba, otobüs, tren vb.) sürmek; kullanmak |
Back 2 | drive (verb) /draɪv
/ verb (past tense drove /drəʊv /; past participle driven /ˈdrɪvn /)
VEHICLE
1 [intransitive,
transitive]
to control or operate
a car, train, bus, etc.
(araba, otobüs, tren vb.) sürmek; kullanmak
Can you drive?
to drive a car/train/bus/lorry
2 [intransitive,
transitive]
to go or take sb
somewhere in a car, etc.
(arabayla vb.) gitmek;
götürmek
I usually drive to work.
We drove Maki to the airport.
MACHINE
3 [transitive]
to make a machine
work, by giving it power
çalıştırmak, harekete
geçirmek
What drives the wheels in this engine?
MAKE SB DO STH
4 [transitive]
to cause sb to be in a
particular state or to do sth
...
etmek, sürüklemek, itmek
His constant stupid questions drive me
mad.
to drive somebody to despair
His loneliness drove him to commit suicide.
5 [transitive]
to make sb/sth work
very hard
zorlamak, zora
sokmak
You shouldn't drive yourself so hard.
MAKE SB/STH MOVE
6 [transitive]
to force people or
animals to move in a particular direction
(hayvan) sürmek
The dogs drove the sheep into the field.
HIT STH
7 [transitive]
to force sth into a
particular position by hitting it
çakmak, kakmak
to drive a post into the ground
From the tee, he drove the ball into some
trees.
IDIOMS
be
driving at
(informal)
to want to say sth; to
mean
kastetmek, ima
etmek
I'm afraid I don't understand what you are
driving at.
drive
sth home (to sb)
to make sth clear so
that people understand it
açık
seçik anlatmak, kafasına sokmak
PHRASAL VERBS
drive
off
(used about a car,
driver, etc.) to leave
(araba, sürücü vb.) sürüp
gitmek, ayrılmak
drive
sb/sth off
to make sb/sth go away
uzaklaştırmak, püskürtmek
They kept a large dog outside to drive off
burglars.
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