engine

engine

英 ['endʒɪn]
　　美 ['ɛndʒɪn]

n. 引擎，發動機；機車，火車頭；工具

中文詞源：

engine 引擎，發動機

來自拉丁語ingenium, 來自詞根gen，生育，詞源同gene, generate.原指內生的天賦，技術，後用來指機械裝置。

例句：

1. Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.
發動機艙裡的水由一條軟管抽走。

2. In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.
1941年，火車本可以由蒸汽機車拉動。

3. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中兩人下車鼓搗引擎。

4. Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car.
阿諾德關掉發動機，下瞭車。

5. The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4.
通用柴油動力火車頭將車廂轉軌到瞭4號月臺。