drive

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɹaɪv/|[d̠ɹ̠ ̝(ʷ)aɪv]|[d͡ʒɹaɪv]    美 /dɹaɪv/|[d̠ɹ̠ ̝(ʷ)aɪv]|[d͡ʒɹaɪv]|/dɹɑev/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation. countable,uncountable
    — Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
  2. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business. countable,uncountable
    — The Murdstonian drive in business.
  3. An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.; An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.
  4. An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.; An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd. broadly,countable,uncountable
  5. A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective. countable,uncountable
    — Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
  6. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part. countable,uncountable
    — steam drive, nuclear drive, chain drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive
  7. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle. countable,uncountable
    — left-hand drive, right-hand drive
  8. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.) countable,uncountable
    — Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.
  9. An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). countable,uncountable
    — The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.
  10. An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).; A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). countable,uncountable
    — It was a long drive to Santa Fe.
  11. An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).; The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner. countable,uncountable
    — We like to go for a drive on Sunday afternoons.
  12. Certain surfaces for driving on.; A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. countable,dated,uncountable
  13. Certain surfaces for driving on.; A driveway. countable,uncountable
    — The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
  14. Certain surfaces for driving on.; A type of public roadway. capitalized,countable,uncountable
    — Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
  15. Desire or interest. countable,uncountable
    — 1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe It, You Saw It in Sweeps", SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Believe-It-You-Saw-It-In-Sweeps-3043091.php On the latter show, former Playboy Playmate Carrie Westcott said she'd never met a man who could match her sexual drive.
  16. A device for reading and writing data.; An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk. countable,uncountable
  17. A device for reading and writing data.; A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data. countable,uncountable
  18. The state of being under pressure, stressed and hurried. countable,uncountable
    — I suffered under the intense drive of my new job.
  19. A stroke made with a driver. countable,uncountable
  20. A ball struck in a flat trajectory. countable,uncountable
    — a long drive
  21. A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket. countable,uncountable
  22. A straight level shot or pass. countable,uncountable
    — And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was N'Zogbia who created the opening goal.
  23. An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity. countable,uncountable
  24. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive. countable,uncountable
    — a fund-raising drive
  25. A campaign aimed at selling or promoting (something). countable,uncountable
    — vaccination drive
  26. An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift. countable,uncountable
  27. A collection of objects that are driven. countable,uncountable
  28. A collection of objects that are driven.; A mass of logs to be floated down a river or the act of moving them thusly. countable,uncountable
  29. Friendly term of address for a bus driver. UK,countable,slang,uncountable
    — Yeah, thanks, drive! You boyz all goin' shoppin'? We are, drive, says Chip.
动词 v.
  1. To operate a vehicle:; To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). ergative,transitive
    — The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
  2. To operate a vehicle:; To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. intransitive
    — I drive to work every day.
  3. To operate a vehicle:; To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. transitive
    — My cousin drove me to the airport.
  4. To operate a vehicle:; To operate (an aircraft); to pilot. slang,transitive
    — drive a 737
  5. To operate a vehicle:; To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal. intransitive,transitive
    — There is a litter ready; lay him in’t And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet Both welcome and protection.
  6. To compel to move:; (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. transitive
    — to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
  7. To compel to move:; (especially animals) To cause to flee out of. transitive
    — The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.
  8. To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. transitive
    — You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.
  9. To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To cause (a mechanism) to operate. transitive
    — The pistons drive the crankshaft.
  10. To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To hit the ball with a drive. intransitive
  11. To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air. transitive
  12. To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. transitive
    — One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail; Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail.
  13. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind. transitive
    — My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
  14. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To motivate; to provide an incentive for. transitive
    — What drives a person to run a marathon?
  15. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something). transitive
    — Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
    The New Arcadia
  16. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To cause to become. transitive
    — This constant complaining is going to drive me insane.
  17. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way. transitive
    — Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.
  18. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:; To urge, press, or bring to a point or state. transitive
    — The negotiations were driven to completion minutes before the final deadline.
  19. To move forcefully. intransitive
    — […] Unequal match’d, Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide;
  20. To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship). intransitive
    — […] as a duck for life that dives, So up and down the poor ship drives:
  21. To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. transitive
    — You know the Trade of Life can’t be driven without Partners; there is a reciprocal Dependance between the Greatest and the Least.
  22. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. transitive
    — We come not with design of wastful Prey, To drive the Country, force the Swains away:
  23. To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
    — 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures If the miners find no ore, they drive or cut a gallery from the pit a short distance at right angles to the direction of the lodes found
  24. To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
  25. To distrain for rent. obsolete
  26. To be the dominant party in a sex act.

词形变化

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词汇关系

下位词
blood drive Blu-ray drive bridge drive disk drive flash drive floppy drive food drive four-wheel drive four-wheel-drive hard drive jump drive key drive left-hand drive reduction drive right-hand drive sex drive Shkadov drive toy drive warp drive zip drive
衍生词
back-seat drive bedrive codrive daily drive don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly drink and drive drivable driveable drive a coach and horses through drive a coach and six through drive a hard bargain drive a nail in someone's coffin drive a nail where it will go drive a stake through its heart drive at drive a truck through something drive away driveaway drive a wedge drive a wedge between drive back drive-boat drivebolt drive-bolt drive-by drive by drive-by-wire drive down drivee drivehead drive home drive-in drive in drive-in drive-out drive into the ground drive Irish tandem driveline drive-line driven driven element drive-off drive off drive-on drive one's pigs to market drive out drive-pipe drivepipe driver drive-screw driveshaft drive-shaft driveshed drive someone crazy drive someone insane drive someone mad drive someone nuts drive someone to drink drive someone to the wall drive someone up the wall drive something into the ground drive stick drive the porcelain bus drivethrough drive-through drive-through penalty drive-thru drive time drive to distraction drive to drink drivetrain drive-train drive up drive-wheel drive-yourself driving drivingly fordrive FTL drive hard-driving I don't drive impossible drive let drive misdrive outdrive piledrive reaction drive redrive self-drive self-driving space drive todrive underdrive overdrive wardrive Alcubierre drive all-wheel drive beetle drive belt drive belt-drive bottle drive cassette drive cattle-drive cattle drive CD drive chain drive Chinese drive compact disc drive constant speed drive counterdrive cover drive Dean drive death drive direct drive disc drive diskette drive driveless drive letter drivelike drive sale drive shaft drive shed drive-shed drive-time drive train drive truck drive unit drive-volley drive wheel drive-whist DVD drive feed drive final drive fixed disc drive fixed disk drive fixed drive floppy disc drive floppy disk drive floppy diskette drive French drive front-wheel drive game drive gene drive Geneva drive hard disc drive hard disk drive Harrow drive HD DVD drive hyperdrive hyperspace drive information drive kelly drive lamington drive line drive line-out drive lofted drive log drive MD drive memory drive microdrive mid-drive MO drive molecular drive multidrive non-Newtonian drive off drive on drive optical disc drive optical disk drive optical drive Orion drive pen drive prey drive reactionless drive rear-wheel drive screw drive servo drive slot-loading disc drive solid-state drive spacedrive square drive stardrive star drive star-drive sterndrive storage drive Sussex Drive take for a drive tape drive test drive thumb drive top drive torch drive two-wheel drive ultradrive USB drive virtual drive war-drive WORM drive Zip drive
相关词
drave drift drove

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drībaną
Proto-West Germanic *drīban
Old English drīfan
Middle English driven
English drive
From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to drive, propel”), Yiddish טרײַבן (traybn, “to drive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drive (“to drive, propel”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, drive (“to drive, move; to propel; to run”), Swedish driva (“to drive, compel; to drift; to run”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban, “to drive”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drībaną
Proto-West Germanic *drīban
Old English drīfan
Middle English driven
English drive
From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to drive, propel”), Yiddish טרײַבן (traybn, “to drive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drive (“to drive, propel”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, drive (“to drive, move; to propel; to run”), Swedish driva (“to drive, compel; to drift; to run”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban, “to drive”).
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