Слово англійською: motor
Іменник
Переклад motor українською: двигу́н, мото́рний (чо́вен і т. д.), рухови́й (не́рви і т. д.), електродвигу́н, мото́рика, автови́ставка
Детальний опис
- a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work
- An electric motor is used to pump the water.
- Batteries power the motor.
- He started the motor.
- Diesel engines drive six electric motors.
see also outboard motor
- a source of power, energy or movement
- Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth.
- Women are often the motors of change in politics and the economy.
- (British English, old-fashioned or humorous) a car
- He uses the motor for local shopping trips.
- I'm so rich now I can buy a shiny new motor!
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent.