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engine
Word family
en·gine /ˈendʒɪn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]
1 TEthe part of a vehicle that produces power to make it move 发动机，引擎 → motor →5 see picture at 见图 motorbike
3 [usually singular] formalCAUSE something powerful that causes great changes in society 〔社会变革的〕原动力
→ fire engineengine of change/growth etc
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
switch on/turn on/start an engine
I fastened my seat belt and turned on the engine.
switch off/turn off/stop an engine
Maggie pulled over and switched off the engine.
rev (up) an engine British EnglishBrE, gun an engine American EnglishAmE (=make an engine go very fast)
As the lights turned green, Chris gunned the engine and we surged forward.
an engine runs
He parked outside the bank and kept the engine running.
an engine idles/ticks over (=runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving)
The taxi waited at the kerb, its engine idling noisily.
an engine cuts out (=stops suddenly)
adjectivesThe engine keeps cutting out.
big/powerful
The newer model has a more powerful engine.
small
The engine is small, so it's quite economical to run.
a petrol/diesel engine
The van has a 2.5 litre diesel engine.
a jet engine
the plane's powerful jet engines
a car/motorbike etc engine
engine + NOUNI heard the sound of a car engine in the distance.
engine trouble (=problems with an engine)
When the boat developed engine trouble, the crew had to abandon ship.
engine failure (=when an engine stops working suddenly)
Their aircraft suffered engine failure and crashed into the sea.
engine capacity (=an engine's size or power)
The engine capacity of motorcycles ranges from 50cc to 1800cc.
Examples from the Corpus
engine• The construction equipment giant has been a customer since the early Seventies, and has taken delivery of 150,000 engines to date.• Some of their multi-cylinder motor cycle engines have pistons little bigger than thimbles.• The SVT is available only with a six-cylinder engine.• a diesel engine• I would love to test the same rig with a turbocharged diesel engine.• For next year, the company will offer three cars with turbocharged diesel engines in the United States.• The inference engine is generic, and it handles the logistics of a consultation.• a jet engine• Some residents fear the crops would attract birds that might be sucked into jet engines.• A piston engine reacts immediately to power, just like a car.• The car's engine tends to be noisy as it builds to highway speeds.• I pressed the starter and the engine caught first time.• Initially the engine refused to start for my grim, preoccupied father.• He turned on the engine with a swift, disgusted motion.• Every time I try to start the engine, there's a strange knocking sound.• She left the car in the drive with the engine still running.
engine running• He said it was accidentally gassed when he left his car engine running.• A big saloon car was parked outside the other door with its engine running.• The man who got out of it left the headlights full on and the engine running.• Keeping the engine running, I waited.• Leaving the engine running, he went and leaned on the railings.• Once I was outside, I left the engine running and ran back to close the gate.• Quite often though, through various hit-and-miss applications, he would get one of the engines running.• Rescuers have tried unsuccessfully to drive them out into the open sea using a line of boats with their engines running.
engine of change/growth etc• An independent company, that is, with its two main engines of growth showing definite signs of maturity.• This time, it sits on a siding as other, more suitable engines of growth and prosperity speed by.• Towards the end, the engine of growth was overheating badly and the ride was increasingly bumpy.
(1300-1400) Old French engin “cleverness, machine”, from Latin ingenium “abilities you are born with”
en·gine noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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Engines and describing engines: drive, engine, flooded...
Parts of trains, trams and cable cars: berth, bogie, boxcar...
Causes: cause, catalyst, source...
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