motor

英 ['məʊtə] 美 ['motɚ]

解释

※ 提供单词"motor"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

motor 发动机，马达，汽车

来自拉丁语motor,移动者，运动者，词源同move.引申词义发动机，马达，汽车等。

motor: motor: [16] The most direct English descendant of Latin movēre ‘move’ is of course move, but several more have found their way into the language via derivatives. From mōtiō ‘movement’ comes motion [15] (and its collateral forms commotion [15], emotion, and promotion [15]); from mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ come motivate [19], motive [14], and (via modern French) motif [19]; and mōtor ‘mover’ has given motor.

Originally this was used for the rather generalized notion of a ‘moving force’; the modern application to an ‘engine’ did not emerge until the mid-19th century. Also from movēre come English moment and mutiny.
=> commotion, emotion, moment, motif, motion, motive, move, mutiny, promotion
motor (n.): mid-15c., "controller, prime mover," from Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). 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.

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1. Many motor accidents are the result of unthinkingly mixing speed and alcohol.: 许多机动车事故都是不计后果地酒后开快车造成的。

4. Adhering to the new rules meant inflicting serious damage on motor racing.: 遵守新的规定就意味着赛车比赛将遭受严重影响。

5. We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.: 我们沿着艾维格大街一路飞奔到汽车那儿。