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en·gine
/ˈɛnʤən/
引擎,發動機,機車,機械(
vt
.)安裝發動機于
From:
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engine
發動機
From:
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engine
機 引擎
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
En·gine
,
v. t.
1.
To
assault
with
an
engine
. [
Obs
.]
To
engine
and
batter
our
walls
.
--
T
.
Adams
.
2.
To
equip
with
an
engine
; --
said
especially
of
steam
vessels
;
as
,
vessels
are
often
built
by
one
firm
and
engined
by
another
.
3.
(
Pronounced
,
in
this
sense
, ░░░░░.)
To
rack
;
to
torture
. [
Obs
.]
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
En·gine
n.
1.
Note:
(
Pronounced
,
in
this
sense
, )
Natural
capacity
;
ability
;
skill
. [
Obs
.]
A
man
hath
sapiences
three
,
Memory
,
engine
,
and
intellect
also
. --
Chaucer
.
2.
Anything
used
to
effect
a
purpose
;
any
device
or
contrivance
;
a
machine
;
an
agent
.
You
see
the
ways
the
fisherman
doth
take
To
catch
the
fish
;
what
engines
doth
he
make
? --
Bunyan
.
Their
promises
,
enticements
,
oaths
,
tokens
,
and
all
these
engines
of
lust
.
--
Shak
.
3.
Any
instrument
by
which
any
effect
is
produced
;
especially
,
an
instrument
or
machine
of
war
or
torture
.
“Terrible
engines
of
death.”
4.
Mach.
A
compound
machine
by
which
any
physical
power
is
applied
to
produce
a
given
physical
effect
.
Engine driver
,
one
who
manages
an
engine
;
specifically
,
the
engineer
of
a
locomotive
.
Engine lathe
.
Mach.
See
under
Lathe
.
Engine tool
,
a
machine
tool
. --
J
.
Whitworth
.
Engine turning
Fine Arts
,
a
method
of
ornamentation
by
means
of
a
rose
engine
.
Note:
☞
The
term
engine
is
more
commonly
applied
to
massive
machines
,
or
to
those
giving
power
,
or
which
produce
some
difficult
result
.
Engines
,
as
motors
,
are
distinguished
according
to
the
source
of
power
,
as
steam
engine
,
air
engine
,
electro-magnetic
engine
;
or
the
purpose
on
account
of
which
the
power
is
applied
,
as
fire
engine
,
pumping
engine
,
locomotive
engine
;
or
some
peculiarity
of
construction
or
operation
,
as
single-acting
or
double-acting
engine
,
high-pressure
or
low-pressure
engine
,
condensing
engine
,
etc
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
engine
n
1:
motor
that
converts
thermal
energy
to
mechanical
work
2:
something
used
to
achieve
a
purpose
; "
an
engine
of
change
"
3:
a
wheeled
vehicle
consisting
of
a
self-propelled
engine
that
is
used
to
draw
trains
along
railway
tracks
[
syn
:
locomotive
,
locomotive engine
,
railway locomotive
]
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