engine

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/    美 /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/|/ˈend͡ʒɪn/|/ˈend͡ʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
    — Their warlike Engins and munition Exceed the forces of their martial men.
  2. A tool; a utensil or implement. archaic
    — Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine, they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
  3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
  4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
    — In France, the parliament soon became a mere engine in the hands of a few high-born and ambitious men, who had nothing in common with its interests, which were those of the people.
  5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
  6. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
  7. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.; A locomotive. usually
  8. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
    — a graphics engine
  9. Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. obsolete
  10. The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. obsolete
    — Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Againſt his praiſe to ſtirre vp enmitye [...].
  11. Natural talent; genius. obsolete
  12. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
    — [...] their promiſes, entiſements, oathes, tokens, and all theſe engines of luſt [...].
动词 v.
  1. To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels. dated,transitive
    — Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
  2. To assault with an engine. obsolete,transitive
    — to engine and batter our walls
  3. To contrive; to put into action. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

engines plural engines present,singular,third-person engining participle,present engined participle,past engined past

词汇关系

近义词
motor locomotive
衍生词
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相关词
engineer genius ingeniosity ingenious

词源

词源 1
From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
词源 2
From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
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