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motor noun | adjective | verb
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mo·tor / 5mot[ ; 5mEJtE /noun C
1. the part of a machine that makes it work or move, by changing power, especially electrical power, into movement马达; 发动机; 电动机:
an electric motor电动马达
Motor is not generally used to refer to the part of a vehicle which produces the power for it to move. Use engine . motor 通常不用于表示驱动车辆运行的发动机,如要表示此义,要用 engine:
My car needs a completely new engine.我的车需要全新的发动机。
2. BrE old-fashioned or informala car汽车
OUTBOARD MOTOR
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motoradjective only before noun
1. especially BrErelating to cars or other vehicles with engines汽车的,机动车辆的:
the motor industry汽车工业
a motor accident车祸
motor insurance汽车保险
2. having an engine有引擎的,机动的:
a motor scooter小型摩托车
3. technicalrelating to nerves that make muscles move运动神经的:
impaired motor function受到损伤的运动神经功能

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motorverb I always + adv / prepBrE old-fashioned
1. to travel by car乘汽车旅行; 驾车旅行:
Bertie is motoring down from London.伯蒂要从伦敦开车走。

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