mo·tor
noun/ˈməʊtə(r)/
/ˈməʊtər/
- a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work
发动机；马达 - An electric motor is used to pump the water.
电动机用于抽水。 - Batteries power the motor.
发动机由电池驱动。 - He started the motor.
他启动了发动机。 - Diesel engines drive six electric motors.
柴油发动机驱动六台电动机。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringb2- A powerful motor drives the mill wheel.
水车轮由一个大功率发动机驱动。 - One of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor.
其中一只轮子安装了电动机。 - An electric current drives motors located under the floor.
电流驱动位于地板下的电机。 - She left the motor running.
她让发动机继续运转。 - Electricity powers hydraulic motors that compress these bales.
电力为压缩这些包的液压马达提供动力。 - small motors for toys and clocks
玩具和钟表用小型电机 - a circular saw with a fan-cooled motor
带风扇冷却电机的圆锯 - The car has a faulty starter motor.
汽车的启动马达有故障。 - When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine.
当您转动点火钥匙时，起动电机使发动机旋转。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- powerful
- small
- …
- start
- turn on
- turn off
- …
- run
- work
- drive something
- …
- An electric motor is used to pump the water.
- a source of power, energy or movement
原动力；驱动力 - Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth.
消费者支出一直是经济增长的动力。 - Women are the motors of change in politics and the economy.
妇女是政治和经济变革的动力。
- Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth.
- (British English, old-fashioned or humorous) a car
汽车 - He uses the motor for local shopping trips.
他开车在当地购物。 - I'm so rich now I can buy a shiny new motor!
我现在有钱了，能买一辆闪亮的新车啦！
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- It was his birthday so he drove the motor around Pudong all night.
那天是他的生日，他开着摩托在浦东转了一夜。 - Seems funny that my dodgy old motor has become a classic car.
有趣的是，我那破旧的发动机竟然变成了一辆老爷车。
- He uses the motor for local shopping trips.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent.