engine
noun/ˈendʒɪn/
Слово англійською: engine
Переклад engine українською: двигун
Детальний опис
- the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move
- a diesel/petrol engine
- I got in the car and started the engine.
- My car had to have a new engine.
- The engine runs on diesel.
- Its engine is powered by both gasoline and electricity.
- The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure.
- Their helicopter had developed engine trouble.
- a thing that has an important role in making a particular process happen
- engine of something Agriculture is a key engine of growth in most developing countries.
- engine for something Great newspapers serve as an engine for positive change.
- engine for doing something Business is the principal engine for generating wealth for society as a whole.
- He was the engine behind the victory.
- (also locomotive)a vehicle that pulls a train see also tank engine, traction engine
- -engined(in adjectives) having the type or number of engines mentioned
- a twin-engined speedboat
see also fire engine, search engine
Word OriginMiddle English (formerly also as ingine): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; which led to the sense ‘a machine’ (mid 17th cent.), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal-combustion engine.