engine 音标拼音: ['ɛndʒən] ['ɪndʒən]
n . 引擎,发动机,机车,机械
vt . 安装发动机于
引擎,发动机,机车,机械安装发动机於
engine 发动机
engine 机 引擎
engine n 1 :
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work 2 :
something used to achieve a purpose ; "
an engine of change "
3 :
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self -
propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [
synonym :
{
locomotive }, {
engine }, {
locomotive engine }, {
railway locomotive }]
4 :
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare ,
such as a battering ram ,
catapult ,
artillery piece ,
etc .; "
medieval engines of war "
Engine \
En "
gine \ ([
e ^]
n "
j [
i ^]
n ),
n . [
F .
engin skill ,
machine ,
engine ,
L .
ingenium natural capacity ,
invention ;
in in the root of gignere to produce .
See {
Genius },
and cf .
{
Ingenious }, {
Gin }
a snare .]
1 .
Note : (
Pronounced ,
in this sense , [
e ^]
n *
j [=
e ]
n ".)
Natural capacity ;
ability ;
skill . [
Obs .]
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A man hath sapiences three ,
Memory ,
engine ,
and intellect also . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
Anything used to effect a purpose ;
any device or contrivance ;
a machine ;
an agent . --
Shak .
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You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish ;
what engines doth he make ?
--
Bunyan .
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Their promises ,
enticements ,
oaths ,
tokens ,
and all these engines of lust . --
Shak .
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3 .
Any instrument by which any effect is produced ;
especially ,
an instrument or machine of war or torture .
"
Terrible engines of death ." --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
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4 . (
Mach .)
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect .
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{
Engine driver },
one who manages an engine ;
specifically ,
the engineer of a locomotive .
{
Engine lathe }. (
Mach .)
See under {
Lathe }.
{
Engine tool },
a machine tool . --
J .
Whitworth .
{
Engine turning } (
Fine Arts ),
a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine .
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Note :
The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines ,
or to those giving power ,
or which produce some difficult result .
Engines ,
as motors ,
are distinguished according to the source of power ,
as steam engine ,
air engine ,
electro -
magnetic engine ;
or the purpose on account of which the power is applied ,
as fire engine ,
pumping engine ,
locomotive engine ;
or some peculiarity of construction or operation ,
as single -
acting or double -
acting engine ,
high -
pressure or low -
pressure engine ,
condensing engine ,
etc .
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Engine \
En "
gine \,
v .
t .
1 .
To assault with an engine . [
Obs .]
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To engine and batter our walls . --
T .
Adams .
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2 .
To equip with an engine ; --
said especially of steam vessels ;
as ,
vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another .
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3 . (
Pronounced ,
in this sense , ?????.)
To rack ;
to torture .
[
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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114 Moby Thesaurus words for "
engine ":
AC motor ,
Corliss engine ,
Otto engine ,
Wankel engine ,
aeromotor ,
air engine ,
alembic ,
anvil ,
apparatus ,
appliance ,
arc -
jet engine ,
axial -
flow turbojet ,
beam engine ,
bearings ,
blowing engine ,
boiler ,
caldron ,
cam ,
cam engine ,
camshaft ,
capacitor motor ,
commutator motor ,
compensated motor ,
compound motor ,
condensing engine ,
connecting rod ,
convenience ,
crankcase ,
crankshaft ,
crucible ,
cylinder ,
cylinder head ,
diagonal engine ,
differential ,
direct -
acting engine ,
donkey engine ,
drive ,
dynamo ,
dynamotor ,
electric motor ,
enginery ,
facility ,
fire engine ,
fixture ,
flywheel ,
gas jet ,
gas turbine engine ,
gearbox ,
gears ,
generator ,
hot -
air engine ,
hydraulic engine ,
hydro -
jet ,
impulse duct engine ,
inverted engine ,
ion engine ,
ion rocket ,
jet ,
lathe ,
locomotive ,
machine ,
machinery ,
mechanical aid ,
mechanical device ,
mechanism ,
melting pot ,
mortar ,
motive power ,
motor ,
outboard motor ,
pancake engine ,
piston ,
piston engine ,
piston rod ,
piston -
valve engine ,
plasma engine ,
portable engine ,
power plant ,
power source ,
propeller -
jet engine ,
propjet ,
pulse -
jet engine ,
pumping engine ,
radial engine ,
ramjet ,
ramjet engine ,
reciprocating engine ,
refrigerating engine ,
resojet engine ,
retort ,
rocket engine ,
rocket motor ,
rotary engine ,
rotary -
piston engine ,
rotor motor ,
servomotor ,
shunt motor ,
steam engine ,
supercharged engine ,
synchronous motor ,
test tube ,
three -
phase motor ,
traction engine ,
transducer ,
transformer ,
transmission ,
turbine ,
turbojet ,
turbojet engine ,
turboprop ,
utility ,
variable -
speed motor ,
vernier engine ,
vertical engine
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