engine
noun [ C ] uk/ˈen.dʒɪn/ us/ˈen.dʒɪn/
A2 发动机；引擎
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement
a jet engine 喷气式发动机
a car engine 汽车发动机
My car's been having engine trouble recently. 我的汽车发动机最近老出问题。
Compare: motor noun (DEVICE)
(also locomotive)机车，火车头
the part of a railway train that pulls it along
动力，推动力（常指经济动力）
something that provides power, often economic power, for other things
For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth. 英国在十九世纪的大部分时期都堪称世界工厂和经济发展引擎。
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- Tell the mechanic that the engine was making a strange grinding noise.
- It's fairly simple to modify the engine to run on lead-free fuel.
- The plane's engine failed and the pilot was forced to bail out.
- My car engine overheated because the water had leaked out of the radiator.
- The boat was about a mile from the shore when the engine suddenly died.