motor

英 ['m??t?] 美['mot?]

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復數(shù):?motors;第三人稱單數(shù):?motors;過去式:?motored;過去分詞:?motored;現(xiàn)在分詞:?motoring;

1. 音譯“馬達”。

motor 發(fā)動機，馬達，汽車

來自拉丁語motor,移動者，運動者，詞源同move.引申詞義發(fā)動機，馬達，汽車等。

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.

1. Many motor accidents are the result of unthinkingly mixing speed and alcohol.: 許多機動車事故都是不計后果地酒后開快車造成的。

4. Adhering to the new rules meant inflicting serious damage on motor racing.: 遵守新的規(guī)定就意味著賽車比賽將遭受嚴重影響。

5. We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.: 我們沿著艾維格大街一路飛奔到汽車那兒。