1 N-COUNT 发动机;引擎 The motor in a machine, vehicle, or boat is the part that uses electricity or fuel to produce movement, so that the machine, vehicle, or boat can work. 发动机;引擎
SYN engine, machine, mechanism
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 机动的;由发动机驱动的 Motor vehicles and boats have a petrol or diesel engine. 机动的;由发动机驱动的
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 汽车的;车辆的 Motor is used to describe activities relating to vehicles such as cars and buses. 汽车的;车辆的 [mainly British]
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 automotive, automobile
4 N-COUNT 汽车;轿车 Some people refer to a car as a motor . 汽车;轿车 [British, informal]
5 VERB 自驾游览;乘汽车旅行 If you motor somewhere, you travel there in a car, usually for pleasure. 自驾游览;乘汽车旅行 [old-fashioned]
6 VERB 使用发动机驾驶帆船 If people in a small sailing boat motor somewhere, they use the boat's motor rather than the power of the wind to get there. 使用发动机驾驶帆船
7 See also: motoring outboard motor
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