- A motor runs your car, whizzes the blender and gets your golf cart going: it's simply a machine that converts energy into motion.
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- n. 发动机，马达
- adj. 引擎的；机动车的
- v. 乘车
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1. an electric motor
电动机
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2. He started the motor.
他启动了发动机。
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3. motor vehicles
机动车辆
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4. the motor industry, the motor trade
汽车工业╱贸易
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5. a motor accident
机动车事故
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6. motor insurance
汽车保险
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7. motor fuel
汽车燃料
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8. They're planning a motoring holiday to France this year.
他们计划今年驾车到法国去度假。
- motor (n.) mid-15c., "controller, prime mover," from Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past participle stem of movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). From 15c. as "controller, prime mover" (in reference to God); sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" is from 1970.
- motor (v.) 1896, from motor (n.). Related: Motored; motoring.
motor ★ / ˈməʊtə(r) ; NAmE ˈmoʊtər / noun , adjective , verb motor motors motored motoring noun ★ 1 ★ a device that uses electricity, petrol/gas, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work 发动机；马达 ◆ an electric motor 电动机 ◆ He started the motor. 他启动了发动机。 ☞see also outboard motor 2 BrE old-fashioned or humorous a car 汽车 adjective [only before noun ] 1 having an engine; using the power of an engine 有引擎的；由发动机推动的 ◆ motor vehicles 机动车辆 2 ( especially BrE) connected with vehicles that have engines 机动车的；汽车的 ◆ the motor industry/trade 汽车工业╱贸易 ◆ a motor accident 机动车事故 ◆ motor insurance 汽车保险 ◆ motor fuel 汽车燃料 3 ( technical 术语 ) connected with movement of the body that is produced by muscles; connected with the nerves that control movement 肌肉运动的；运动神经的 ◆ uncoordinated motor activity 不协调的肌肉运动 ◆ Both motor and sensory functions are affected. 运动功能和感觉功能都受到影响。 verb [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) to travel by car, especially for pleasure 乘车旅行；驾车旅行 ▶ motor·ing / ˈməʊtərɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmoʊtərɪŋ / noun [uncountable ] ◆ They're planning a motoring holiday to France this year. 他们计划今年驾车到法国去度假。 motor / ˈməʊtə(r) ; NAmE ˈmoʊtər / motor·ing / ˈməʊtərɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmoʊtərɪŋ /
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